Job summary
We are looking for a newly qualified or experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Short Term Support Service.
Please note HCPC registration is essential for the role or HCPC pending for newly qualified OTs. You must also have a valid UK driving licence.
If you would like to make a positive impact on people's lives every working day we would like to hear from you!
The position:
Location: BerwickHours: Full time (37 hours)Assignment: PermanentSalary: NCC Band 7 (equivalent to NHS band 5) £33,024 - £36,648Please note a job share or part time would be considered for the right applicant
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will manage a caseload of clients (often with highly complex needs), using evidence-based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to promote independence and achieve peoples goals.
Our staff provide leadership and clinical education for junior, student and support staff, through supervision, as appropriate to the banding of the post.
You will participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interests and steering groups.
All Short Term Support Service staff are enabled to work agile from home or any Northumberland County Council site, including an allocated base office site.
About us
About the Short-Term Support Service:
- We are a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team for adult rehabilitation working across both primary and secondary healthcare.
- Our Occupational Therapists work alongside Team Supervisors, Reablement Workers and NHS Physiotherapists and Technical Instructors to help clients achieve their rehabilitation goals.
- We also carry out rapid assessment and intervention, providing an urgent community response service.
- We work with adults with various conditions including orthopedic and neurological, as well as older people with age related conditions, falls and stroke.
- This makes our work varied and interesting and also very rewarding.
- The Short Term Support Service plays a pivotal role in supporting hospital discharge and admission avoidance and interventions can take place in client's homes as well as Residential and Nursing homes.
- Some therapy activities occur in hospitals and other community settings, such as Leisure or Community Centres for group work.
Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:
- 26 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays (rising to 31 after 5 years of service)(pro-rata for part-time employees)
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexi scheme applicable to majority of roles
- Car Leasing Scheme
- A range of salary sacrifice schemes
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this position, please refer to the attached full job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma or Degree Bsc(Hons) in Occupational Therapy
- Health and Care Professions Council registration
Experience
Essential
- Documented evidence of continuing professional development
- Use of evidence based practice.
- Application of the OT process
- Use of functional assessments and activity analysis
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Northumberland County Council
Address
Northumberland County Council
Wallace Green
Berwick-upon-tweed
TD15 1ED