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Occupational Therapist

Job Summary
Contract Type:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
23/11/2022
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 21/03/2023 23:59
Salary:
£35411 - £39,493
Hours per week:
37
Job Category:
Social Care - Adult Service
Vacancy ID:
236268
Employment Location:
Dene Park House, Hexham
Number of posts:
1
Closing date:
21 Mar
Further Information
We are looking for experienced Occupational Therapists, who want to progress their careers in a highly rewarding area of work where they can make a real difference to the lives of residents/clients.

Please note for this role you must be HCPC registered and have a valid UK driving licence with access to a car.

Someone who likes variety in their working day and working life who is keen to develop their Occupational Therapy skills through involvement with a wide range of clients with wide ranging health and social care needs.

We currently have a vacancy within the West locality for an Occupational Therapist with a particular interest in neuro. This is a full-time position, 37 hours per week. The salary for this post is £35411 - £39,493.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who upholds the values of Northumberland County Council and the Short-Term Support Service to;

· Put residents first ensuring that the identified needs are met in a timely and efficient way
· Deliver excellence and quality in service provision
· Show respect for service users and colleagues alike
· Keep our communities safe and well

Within the Short-Term Support Service;

• Our staff provide a seamless service of community Occupational Therapy alongside Team Supervisors and Reablement Workers and NHS Physiotherapists and Technical Instructors, working across both primary and secondary healthcare as part of the multi-disciplinary/multi-agency team for adult rehabilitation.

• The service combines working alongside re-ablement support workers to help clients achieve their re-habilitation goals as well as carrying out rapid assessment and intervention, providing an urgent community response service.

• We work with adult residents of Northumberland to provide assessment and Rehabilitation service for adults with various conditions including orthopedic, neurological as well as referrals for older people with age related conditions, falls and stroke. This makes the work varied and interesting but also very rewarding.

• Community work is interesting and varied giving you the opportunity to be involved in everything from assessing for and providing basic and complex equipment right through to development and progressing rehabilitation programmes. The Short-Term Support Service plays a pivotal role in supporting hospital discharge and admission avoidance and intervention can takes place in client's homes, Residential/Nursing homes. Less frequently some therapy activities may/ will occur in the hospital setting and other community settings, for example Leisure/Community Centre for group work.

• Staff 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 achievement of the client's own goals.

• Staff provide leadership and clinical education for junior, student and support staff, through supervision, as appropriate to the banding of the post.

• Staff participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering group.

• We want our staff to be the best so they can give the best service, so we give the best support we can.


What our Occupational Therapy staff say about working for us;
• the team is fantastic and really supportive, and we can make a real difference in our clients' lives
• it's a beautiful county and the people are canny
• you will be valued for who you are and what you do
• there are lots of opportunities and the teams are very supportive of each other
• great staff benefits and pension scheme
• it's a brilliant team and an exciting time to join, staff are driving the service forward
• you can make a positive impact on people's lives every single working day
• the people make it very rewarding
• varied caseloads, supportive management structure, beautiful surroundings, varied job role, different environments, opportunities for complex work
• Recent investment into the therapy services shows our drive to maintain and continue to develop consistently high performance, demonstrating the dedication of our staff group to providing a responsive quality service to residents
• All staff within the Short-Term Support Service are enabled to work agile from home or any Northumberland County Council site, including an allocated base office site.


Why choose us?

We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:

• 25 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays (rising to 30 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
• Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
• A commitment to work-life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, home working, flexible working, part-year working, and compressed hours
• Car Leasing Scheme

Please visit: https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/About/Working-for-Northumberland-County-Council.aspx for more information regarding our benefits.

For further information please find attached the job description and person specification.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Fran Dodd, STSS OT Clinical Lead
Mob: 07592272949
Frances.Dodd@northumberland.gov.uk

Please note the closing date for this post is midnight on 21st March 2023.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applications who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored in the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to attend an interview please also let the team know.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.

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