Specialist Occupational Therapist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to develop your clinical skills within a supportive community mental health team? Are you passionate about using your assessment, problem-solving and communication skills to deliver person-centred interventions that support recovery and promote independence for individuals with complex mental health needs?

We have an 18 month fixed term/secondment opportunity. Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapy post that is integral to our multi disciplinary team at Norris Green CMHT Hub.

You will be contributing to the high quality assessment and treatment for people living with mental illness , facilitating interventions and support on-going recovery.

Informal visits and/or phone contact to gain further information from the team manager/OT are very much welcomed.

To deliver specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment interventions for an identified group of people/caseload.

To support core duties of the Community Mental Health Team.

The post holder will contribute to effective MDT working supporting people in the community.

Mersey Care is one of the largest 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.

Please see job description for further information.

In summary

Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for service users living in the community, open to CMHT Norris Green Hub

Demonstrate effective multidisciplinary and partnership working

Experience of service development and innovation

Experience of advocating for people’s occupational needs

This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Sep 2026