Senior Occupational Therapist

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Senior Occupational Therapist to cover maternity leave on a fixed term contract for 12 months.

This is a fantastic and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic developing team and be at the cutting edge of delivering acute care to patients in their own home.

The Community Response Service team facilitates early discharges from hospital, who otherwise would have stayed in hospital due to therapy needs, and provide rehab for up to 2 weeks to meet the short-term goals for them to be able to remain at home. They work with the virtual ward teams and other teams within Community Response Service to provide assessments to those who are at risk of hospital admission.

You will be part of a large multidisciplinary team and have opportunities to work individually and with Physiotherapists, Nurse Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists and other Associate Therapy Practitioners.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Responsibilities

• To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints.
• To deliver a comprehensive service for a complex case load.
• To manage a defined caseload of patients, using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To assess for and monitor the provision of adaptations when appropriate.
• To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the specialist field.
• To provide specialist advice to families, carers, and other health and social care professionals.
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering groups.
• To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy Team across Northumbria Healthcare Trust. To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis and treatment using clinical reasoning skills.