Specialist Occupational Therapist (Development Post) inCounty Durham inCounty Durham PUBLISHED 7 DEC 2023
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time Band 5 or B6 Occupational Therapist to join our team. The mental health services for older people crisis service covers County Durham and Darlington area and is located at Auckland Park Hospital in Bishop Auckland.
The multi-disciplinary team offers short term intensive mental health assessment and support to patients and families who are experiencing a mental health crisis in the community, or those who have recently been discharged from hospital or are receiving intermediate care.
We are looking for an OT 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 older people and families.
You will be working as part of a small occupational therapy team already established within the service and access wider support from the occupational therapy network in 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.
If employed at B5 level linked to experience and skills, the post holder will complete a structured development programme and will transfer to the B6 job description when all relevant competencies have been achieved and signed off.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time Band 5 or B6 Occupational Therapist to join our team. Applications are welcome from current Band 5 and Band 6 Occupational Therapists. We will support Band 5-6 progression with a comprehensive structured development package, with progression to a Band 6 upon meeting the criteria within the Band 6 job description and competency framework.
As a Specialist Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will manage a complex caseload independently, assessing occupational performance and delivering specialist occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values at all times and operating as a leader in the team, service and organisation
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, 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 and lead on 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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time Band 5 or B6 Occupational Therapist to join our team. The mental health services for older people crisis service covers County Durham and Darlington area and is located at Auckland Park Hospital in Bishop Auckland.
The multi-disciplinary team offers short term intensive mental health assessment and support to patients and families who are experiencing a mental health crisis in the community, or those who have recently been discharged from hospital or are receiving intermediate care.
We are looking for an OT 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 older people and families.
You will be working as part of a small occupational therapy team already established within the service and access wider support from the occupational therapy network in 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.
If employed at B5 level linked to experience and skills, the post holder will complete a structured development programme and will transfer to the B6 job description when all relevant competencies have been achieved and signed off.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time Band 5 or B6 Occupational Therapist to join our team. Applications are welcome from current Band 5 and Band 6 Occupational Therapists. We will support Band 5-6 progression with a comprehensive structured development package, with progression to a Band 6 upon meeting the criteria within the Band 6 job description and competency framework.
As a Specialist Occupational Therapist in TEWV you will manage a complex caseload independently, assessing occupational performance and delivering specialist occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values at all times and operating as a leader in the team, service and organisation
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, 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 and lead on 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
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