Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialist Occupational Therapist to work within our acute mental health ward. Mulberry ward in Macclesfield is a 26 bed mixed gender acute mental health ward. The ward has good occupational therapy facilities with an activity room, small rehab kitchen and therapy gym. There are access to lovely outdoor spaces too.

The role will involve working closely with the whole MDT to provide key Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions for all inpatient service users. We use the Model of Human Occupation as the basis for our work, and undertake a range of standardised cognitive and functional assessments. The post holder will be responsible for supporting a supervising a small Occupational Therapy team including Occupational Therapists and Technical Instructors and will themselves receive support and supervision from the Lead Occupational Therapist. Informal support is also available from other members of the MDT. Wi...