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Senior Occupational Therapist

3 months ago


North Shields, United Kingdom Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Occupational Therapist to work at North Tyneside General Hospital and the town North Shields. The post holder will work across all Northumbria settings including our Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington as well as working in the community to facilitate discharges. There will be the opportunities to work into areas of Clinical specialities and work in areas of interest. Specialist areas include:

Orthopaedics Care of the Elderly General Medicine Surgery Gastroenterology

The successful candidate will also work alongside our dedicated Discharge Nurses and Social Care Team within the hospital setting. Current Trust initiatives will be adopted by focusing on addressing functional deficits to promote independence, admission avoidance and timely discharges from the Acute settings into patient's homes, adopting a facilitated discharge and discharge to assess approach, where appropriate.

There are opportunities and expectations for professional development including QI projects, enhancing leadership skills and participating in Audit and Research.

The Community Business unit covers 7 day, 8 till 8 working across a number of sites with different and flexible working patterns available.

Informal visits encouraged and welcomed.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for candidates who are motivated, enthusiastic and willing to engage in current service developments & audits and use highly developed Occupational Therapy skills and evidence-based practice to enhance the health and wellbeing of patients. The candidate will be expected to work closely with the wider Multi-disciplinary Team to foster an environment of high quality and seamless therapy pathways across Northumberland and North Tyneside. This will ensure high quality individualised care is delivered which focuses on promoting independence and optimising recovery after illness or injury. The successful candidate will be supported by supervision and appraisal processes and will have opportunities to complete specialist training to enhance key skills and knowledge.

Candidates will be responsible for their own clinical practice, delegating work to Occupational Therapy Technical Instructors and support workers where appropriate, and supporting Band 5 Occupational Therapists and students on clinical placements. The successful candidate will comply with the College of Occupational Therapists Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and National and Trust procedures to deliver a seamless therapy pathway. The candidate will work autonomously respecting the individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service in the specific specialist area(s) following Trust policies and procedures to ensure safety and clinical excellence. To ensure service provision in the specialist areas is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints. To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis and treatment using clinical reasoning skills. To manage a defined caseload of patients (often with highly complex needs), using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. To provide leadership for junior and support staff, through supervision, appraisals and mentoring. To support service provision across sites when needed, in line with needs of the service. To regularly supervise undergraduate Occupational Therapy students on practice placement and participate in placement experience of other professionals. To complete home visits with patients where appropriate.

The successful candidate's may be required to work within a 8am-8pm rostering system. Working patterns between these hours will be considered to accommodate individual needs, in line with needs of the service. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if this appeals to you.

It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy State registered with Healthcare Professions Council.

Desirable

Practice placement qualification. Post Graduate training relevant to specialist area.

Other requirements

Essential

It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.