Senior Occupational Therapist – Berwick Infirmary

Our well-established team based at Berwick Infirmary is seeking an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join us. This role will involve working with a multidisciplinary team on the inpatient ward, focusing on occupational therapy provision to facilitate safe and timely discharges. Additional responsibility includes supporting requests from other acute settings, utilising a discharge to assess model to facilitate local discharges.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide occupational therapy services to patients across a wide range of medical specialities, including frailty/elderly medicine, orthopaedics, and stroke.
• Manage a defined caseload of patients, utilising evidence-based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.
• Assess and monitor the provision of occupational and environmental adaptations as required.
• Provide clinical supervision and mentoring to junior and support staff on a daily basis.
• Offer specialist advice to families, carers, and other health and social care professionals.
• Participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of Occupational Therapy (OT) services, taking ownership of specialist projects, steering groups, and areas of interest.
• Contribute to the growth and development of the Occupational Therapy Team within Northumbria Healthcare Trust.
• Collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary environment, providing specialist assessments, diagnoses, and treatment plans using strong clinical reasoning skills.