# Senior Occupational Therapist - Inpatient Rehabilitation

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Manchester
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-22T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-08T09:21:22.643Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Salford/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8115575
- **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The GMMH rehabilitation service have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative occupational therapist to be part of the Rehabilitation Division.  The postholder will work across a Level 1 and Level 2 service and provide comprehensive and individualised Occupational therapy assessment, formulation and SMART goals based treatment interventions. These interventions will be provided in a 1:1 or group setting both on the unit and in the community as appropriate.

The successful candidate will play a central role within the MDT to ensure high quality, recovery focussed care is delivered to service users in the units in order to optimise level of functioning and quality of life.

You will require  a good understanding of the principles of mental health rehabilitation and an awareness  of the delivery of Inpatient Rehabilitation mental health care.

The successful candidate will work Monday - Friday 8-4pm.

Full induction and training will be given as part of the role.

### Main duties of the job

The postholder will:

- Provide OT assessment and intervention to a designated caseload of service users with complex mental health and physical needs.
- Provide comprehensive assessment using the MOHO model
- Co produce an occupational formulation with the service user
- Co produce SMART goals with the services user and MDT
- Design and carry out treatment plan, involving other members of the MDT as appropriate.
- Evaluate OT intervention.
- To provide OT professional advice for MDT and support staff
- To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the OT  service within the team, taking responsibility for defined projects
- To regularly supervise OT students on fieldwork placement.
- The post holder will maintain a recovery focus and will demonstrate skill and sensitivity  in the assessment of vulnerable service users with higher level of needs.
- The post holder will play a key role in the development of the service, by assisting the leadership team in day-to-day operations, organising, leading, teaching, supervising and supporting junior colleagues.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

- Pay Enhancements
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to work autonomously, set own prioritises and manage time effectively.
- Assessment skills - standardised and funcitonal
- Ability to co produce SMART goals
- Ability to provide intervention both 1:1 and group
- Ability to evaluate/redisgn treatment plan

**Desirable**

- Supervise and manage junior staff.
- Understanding and knowledge of MOHO
- Working within MDT
- Education of students
- awareness of MHA

### Education

**Essential**

- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration

### Experience

**Essential**

- 2 year minimum mental health expereince

**Desirable**

- Clinical experience within mental health rehabilitation setting
- Clinical experience within a community mental health setting

## Documents

- [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931)
- [rehab b6 ot inpatient person spec (pdf, 368.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10411172)
- [band 6 ot inpatient  job description (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10411171)

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