Occupational TherapistinSunderlandinSunderlandPUBLISHED WED 26 MAR 2025

We are looking to recruit either existing, or Graduate Band 5 Occupational Therapists onto our physical specialities rotation based between South Tyneside Hospital, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland Recovery at Home and South Tyneside Recovery at Home. This is a great opportunity to develop clinical skills within several different teams while working with a diverse range of patients and their presenting conditions. The rotation covers the following specialities:

South Tyneside Hospital Medicine, Care of the Elderly, Orthopaedics/Surgery

Sunderland Royal Hospital Medicine and Surgery, Care of the Elderly, Acute Stroke/Neurology, Interface Team, Trauma and Orthopaedics.

Independent Living Centre Sunderland Recovery at Home Therapy Team.

Clarendon, Hebburn South Tyneside Recovery at Home Therapy Team.

Our teams are large, friendly and supportive and supervision will be provided by a senior therapist. We are also proud to have an established and proactive Band 5 support group who plan their own CPD activities and provide peer support. We also have excellent links with our community partners to all work better together for the people of South Tyneside and Sunderland and the surrounding areas

Our rotation gives the opportunity to experience OT intervention with patients throughout the whole acute patient journey. Our Interface Team work into ED and short stay areas to help prevent hospital admission or facilitate discharge; our OT inpatient teams assess patients for discharge from base wards and our Recovery at Home Therapy Team assess patients at home on discharge from hospital as well as responding to situations to help prevent admission to hospital. All teams work to the nationally driven principles of Home First and Discharge to Assess. In each area you will be responsible for assessing the functional needs of your patients and assessing for any necessary aids or equipment. You will need to have excellent organisation and time management skills, interpersonal and communication skills, and have the ability to document your patient interventions. Due to the need to visit patients homes as part of the assessment and intervention process, you must be able to drive or drive the department vehicles. All posts are full-time, 37.5 hours per week. For inpatient areas the working pattern is Monday to Friday, with some weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis. The Interface Team work shifts across seven days working three days one week and four days the next, including some weekends and bank holidays. The Recovery at Home Therapy Team covers 8am to 8pm over seven days with the option to work hours flexibly over either four or five days per week

About us

To work as a Band 5 Occupational Therapist rotating between physical specialities on a six monthly basis. The specialties are as follows:

Sunderland Royal Hospital site: Medicine and Surgery

Care of the Elderly

Acute Stroke/Neuro Rehab

Interface Team

Trauma and Orthopaedics

Independent Living Centre: Sunderland Recovery at Home Therapy Team

Clarendon, Hebburn: South Tyneside Recovery at Home Therapy Team

South Tyneside Hospital site: Medicine

Orthopaedics and General Surgery

Care of the Elderly

To work as a therapy practitioner using clinical reasoning skills to provide therapy assessment, treatment and advice to a caseload which will incorporate a range of presentation of conditions.

To complete effective, concise documentation of patients records in line with Trust, professional & department standards.

To work toward the achievement of specific response time targets.

To ensure accurate data entry takes place in line with departmental standards.

To work towards improving quality services including implementing evidence based practice.

To participate in the service and patient pathways in line with clinical standards and best practice.

To maintain professional development through participation in relevant profession CPD activities and self-learning.

To comply with the trusts vision, values and behavioural compact

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