Advanced Practitioner – Occupational Therapist
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
18/05/2020
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 07/06/2020 12:00
Salary:
£39,782 pa (Pay Award Pending)
Job Category:
Social Care - Adult Service
Employment Location:
Adults and Integrated Care Services, Occupational Therapy, South Tyneside
Further Information
Advanced Practitioner – Occupational Therapist
(Adults and Integrated Care Services, Occupational Therapy, South Tyneside)
£39,782 pa (Pay Award Pending)
As a key member of our Operational Management Team, Advanced Practitioners work closely with our Principal Social Worker and assist the Operations Manager to facilitate practice improvement and development, whilst motivating and inspiring our practitioners to provide adult social care best practice.
This newly created position will provide a higher level of front line skill and expertise to manage risk and meet complex needs. Through coaching and mentoring you will identify areas for learning within the team and play a key role in respect of support for team members, newly qualified workers and students and act as a role model for critical reflection and evidence based practice.
You will work in close partnership with the other Advanced Practitioners throughout the service and an Assistant Manager to support the Operations Manager to roll out our Let’s Talk Together strength based approach and deliver safe and effective services across South Tyneside.
We remain committed to developing a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, of openness and transparency and of inspirational leadership, grounded in our values and behaviour framework: Moving Forward Together: Our Values; Our Behaviours; Our Future.
We want to recruit people who share this aim and provide them with the training and development to do their jobs to the best of their abilities.
If you are a qualified and experienced Occupational Therapist and are committed to adults having choice and control over their support, maximising opportunities for independence and well-being and wish to be part of an organisation that focuses on best practice and aspires to be the best, then this is the job for you.
For an informal discussion about this post please contact Stefanie Simpson Operations Manager – Occupational Therapy on 07966162477 or Jeanette Penman, Principal Social Worker on (0191) 424 7491.
During the COVID-19 emergency period, Adults and Integrated Care have temporarily moved onto a seven-day working pilot. If you are asked to take part in the pilot you will be paid an all-inclusive rate of pay of £41,675 pa. (Pay Award Pending)
South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.
To find out more about this role and to apply please visit www.southtyneside.gov.uk alternatively you can email jobs@southtyneside.gov.uk or call (0191) 455 4968. BT Typetalkers welcome.
Closing date: Noon, 7 June 2020.
Shortlisting for this post will take place 10/11 June 2020
Interviews for this post will take place 29/30 June 2020
Please may we ask you to submit your Application form via email to jobs@southtyneside.gov.uk where possible. We apologise for any inconvenience but due to the circumstances there may be unavoidable delays in the receipt and processing of posted Application forms.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.