Occupational Therapist

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne And Wear Nhs Foundation Trust; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

North Cumbria memory and Later Life services - East is looking for highly motivated Occupational Therapists to compliment our Team. You will provide evidence based occupational focussed assessments and interventions to patients with complex needs with the ability to recognise and anticipate situations that may be detrimental to the Health andWellbeing of service users and their carers.

If you are motivated, creative and passionate about making a difference to our patients lives, then your

Qualifications

• Recognised Occupational Therapy degree qualification.
• Registered with HCPC.
• Commitment to complete fieldwork education training.

Responsibilities

• Provide OT service to service users with diverse occupational needs and complex presentations.
• Manage and provide ongoing assessment and intervention for service users.
• Involve carers and families in intervention planning where appropriate.
• Deliver evidence-based OT interventions in collaboration with service users and carers.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver high-quality, individualised care.

Skills

Therapeutic partnership

Evidence based interventions

Communication skills

Written communication

Time management

Teamwork

Education

Qualified Occupational Therapist

HCPC registered

Commitment to fieldwork education training

RCOT member (desirable)

Job description

Job summary

North Cumbria memory and Later Life services - East is looking for highly motivated Occupational Therapists to compliment our Team.

You will provide evidence based occupational focussed assessments and interventions to patients with complex needs with the ability to recognise and anticipate situations that may be detrimental to the Health andWellbeing of service users and their carers.

If you are motivated, creative and passionate about making a difference to our patients lives, then your characteristics is what the team requires.

Main duties of the job

To provide occupational therapy service to service users who have a variety of occupational therapy needs, diverse presentations and a range of mental health conditions, cognitive and age related physical health needs.

To manage and provide ongoing assessment and intervention for service users.

To consider carer needs and ensure carer and family are involved in intervention planning where appropriate.

To develop and deliver evidenced based Occupational Therapy interventions in collaboration with service users and carers where appropriate.

The post holder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring that high quality, individualised care is delivered which ensures safety and a commitment to promoting recovery and wellbeing and maximising independence.

To provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.

To provide clinical supervision to staff members as delegated by Clinical Lead.

To incorporate a client centred philosophy into clinical practice and client centred collaborative care.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description for full details.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification – Essential

• Recognised Occupational Therapy degree qualification
• Registered with HCPC
• Commitment to complete fieldwork education training.

Education and Qualification – Desirable

• Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Knowledge and Experience – Essential

• Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, HCPC and RCOT standards and other local and national initiatives
• Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of intervention plans
• Multi-disciplinary team work
• Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of and evidence based interventions.

Knowledge and Experience – Desirable

• Previous experience of working in a community setting.
• Experience of involving service users / carers in evaluation / planning and monitoring of services.

Skills and Competencies – Essential

• Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
• To provide evidence based therapeutic interventions
• Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
• Demonstrate effective written and communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team
• Effective time and caseload management skills
• Ability to adapt within a changing environment

Skills and Competencies – Desirable

• Audit and Evaluation.
• Supervisory Skills.
• Training and presentation skills
• Commitment to using research skills in practice.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.