Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Date posted: 13 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 350-CC8083420
Job locations: Aintree Hospital Site, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to cover a maternity leave, for an enthusiastic and innovative Occupational Therapist to join the therapy team at Longmoor House. Longmoor House is an Intermediate Care Unit that provides step down care from acute trusts and step up care from community for medically optimised patients where it is anticipated that there are ongoing nursing, therapy and reablement needs. In joining the team you will have the opportunity to:

• work in a supportive and caring environment
• have the opportunity to develop professionally
• Deliver excellent healthcare and make a positive difference in patients' lives
• Deliver individual & group interventions
• Gain key leadership and managerial skills
• Work within an integrated team with all members of the MDT and partner services
• Participate in the many quality initiatives to improve patient experience and care

The service is based on a nursing and therapy led reablement model with advanced nurse practitioner and medical cover, utilising a holistic and person centred approach in order to support individuals requiring our services. Our multidisciplinary working with combined expertise, revised pathways and community connections will facilitate a more timely discharge in conjunction with our service users reducing days away from home.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be working as part of our extensive multidisciplinary team to provide an excellent and effective reablement service. You will be expected to be able to work autonomously and take responsibility for a caseload ensuring that evidence based, individualised and effective treatment is administered with the outcome of a timely and safe discharge. Excellent time management, clinical reasoning and risk assessment skills are essential for this role. You will be supported by the senior members of staff and team lead with regular supervision and in service training. The service will work over 7 days per week with weekend cover on a rota basis.

About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest NHS trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so. Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The Occupational Therapy role will function as part of the multidisciplinary team within a sub-acute intermediate care setting to provide a seamless service to patients.

The post holder will be expected to effectively manage a caseload of patients co-morbidities as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence based patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions of the patient group leading to a timely and safe discharge.

The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, when appropriate, through supervision and appraisal.

The post holder will participate in planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

The post holder take a holistic approach in the assessment and treatment of patients, being responsible for the provision of appropriate, high quality care to a defined caseload which may be of a complex nature, using the appropriate model of care and evidenced based practice.

Work in partnership with other professional to enable patients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding acute hospital admission.

The post holder will participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team in developing and delivering high quality and innovative services to patients.

The post holder will promote effective teamwork, delegating activities appropriately, to the benefit of the patient and service delivery.

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy profession within the team and facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Relevant professional OT qualification
• Current HPC registration

Desirable

• Fieldwork Educators certificate
• Post graduate accredited study e.g. PSI, CBT, MSc in relevant health studies

Experience
Essential

• Previous experience in relevant health settings
• Supervision of staff
• Experience of service development

Desirable

• Post graduate clinical experience, within mental health services

Skills
Essential

• Ability to utilise assessment skills and tools effectively
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings
• Ability to formulate relevant reports
• Delegation and coordination
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• Mentorship skills
• Accurate Record keeping
• Flexible approach/ creative thinking
• Able to move and handle clients
• IT skills

Desirable

• Effective leadership qualities
• Presentation skills
• Ability to network and influence decision making
• Team Building skills

Knowledge
Essential

• Effective team working within a multi-agency framework
• Experience using both group and individual treatment skills
• Demonstrate experience of problem-solving approaches
• Audit and research practices relevant to clinical area
• Assisting with effective budgetary management
• Evidence based and experience of reflective practice
• Recovery Model of Care
• Model of Human Occupation
• Safeguarding Children
• Mental Health Act 1983
• Mental Capacity Act
• Effective Care Coordination
• Relevant national policies and guidance
• Up to date clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment
• Audit and research methods
• Vulnerable adult's guidelines
• Able to discuss/explain specialist OT role
• Awareness of own strengths and limitations

Desirable

• Wider range of statutory and non-statutory services
• Risk management training

Values
Essential

• Continuous improvement - committed to making improvements to our services for the benefit of all
• Accountability - taking ownership to anticipate, develop and deliver high quality care
• Respect - how we treat others in an inclusive and supportive way
• Enthusiasm - demonstrate our passion and pride for what we do and how we do it
• Support - actively supporting others with compassion and courage

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer name: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Aintree Hospital Site, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool, L9 7AL, United Kingdom
For questions about the job, contact: Occupational Therapy Team Leader, Janet Woolley, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com