Occupational Therapist inBishop Auckland inBishop Auckland PUBLISHED FRI 18 OCT 2024

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic Band 5, Occupational Therapist (part time - 22.5 hours) to join Bishop Auckland and Dales Community Mental Health Team MHSOP

The multi-disciplinary team works with dementia patients and their families as well as those with functional disorders to deliver high quality Occupational Therapy service.

We are looking for an occupational therapist who can work flexibly to meet service need and has the vision, energy and inspiration to develop creative, imaginative solutions to delivering occupational therapy with adults and their families/carers.

You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in Bishop MHSOP within TEWV, to develop a way of delivering a high quality, needs-led OT service, utilising core occupational therapy skills to ensure all of the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.

As an occupational therapist in TEWV you will be professionally and clinically accountable for own caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust values at all times and operating as a member of the team, service and organisation.

• To be responsible for receiving referrals for occupational therapy, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
• To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
• To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
• To contribute to service improvement and quality initiatives
• To use the Trust electronic patient record system
• To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
• To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges

About us

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

The post holder will provide evidence-based assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway and dementia pathway, and offer input to individuals, their families and carers, in inpatient service.

All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.

The ability to engage and communicate with older people and those with dementia and functional disorders as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them is essential.

Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the Lead Occupational Therapist. The post holder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.

You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.

There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.