Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapist
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North Cumbria Inpatient Services Job Opportunity
North Cumbria Inpatient services are looking for highly motivated Occupational Therapists to join our team on Ruskin, a 15 bedded, inpatient dementia assessment and treatment unit.
About the Role
You will work alongside the Specialist Occupational Therapist, as well as the wider multidisciplinary team to provide assessments and evidence-based interventions, following the OT process.
Suitable Candidates
This post is suitable for newly qualified Occupational Therapists, as well as those looking for a new role.
Required Characteristics
If you are motivated, creative, and passionate about making a difference to our patients' lives, then your characteristics are what the team requires.
Key Responsibilities
- To provide occupational therapy service to patients who have a variety of occupational therapy needs, diverse presentations, and learning disabilities, as well as a range of mental health conditions, under the supervision of the Specialist Occupational Therapist.
- 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 evidence-based Occupational Therapy interventions in collaboration with service users and carers where appropriate.
- The post holder will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team ensuring that high-quality, individualized 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 the ward leadership team.
- To incorporate a client-centered philosophy into clinical practice and client-centered collaborative care.
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Additional Information
NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Courtney Mossop
- Job Title: Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email Address: courtney.mossop@cntw.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 01228 602000
Ciara Watson
- Job Title: Specialist Occupational Therapist
- Email Address: ciara.watson@cntw.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 01228 608080
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