Occupational Therapist.3945

Job Description

Occupational Therapist, Reablement, Adult Social Care (full time 37 hrs per week)Would you like a challenging and rewarding career with real opportunities to change the lives of people in NorthumberlandWe are looking for newly qualified or experienced Occupational Therapists to join our Short Term Support Service.If you would like to make a positive impact on peoples lives every working day we would like to hear from you.About the roleThe successful candidates will manage a caseload of clients (often with highly complex needs), using evidence-based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to promote independence and achieve peoples goals.Our staff provide leadership and clinical education for junior, student and support staff, through supervision, as appropriate to the banding of the post.You will participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interests and steering groups.All Short Term Support Service staff are enabled to work agile from home or any Northumberland County Council site, including an allocated base office site.About the Short-Term Support ServiceWe are a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team for adult rehabilitation working across both primary and secondary healthcare.Our Occupational Therapists work alongside Team Supervisors, Reablement Workers and NHS Physiotherapists and Technical Instructors to help clients achieve their rehabilitation goals.We also carry out rapid assessment and intervention, providing an urgent community response service.We work with adults with various conditions including orthopedic and neurological, as well as older people with age related conditions, falls and stroke.This makes our work varied and interesting and also very rewarding.The Short Term Support Service plays a pivotal role in supporting hospital discharge and admission avoidance and interventions can take place in clients homes as well as Residential and Nursing homes.Some therapy activities occur in hospitals and other community settings, such as Leisure or Community Centres for group work.About youWe are looking for someone who likes variety in their working life and is keen to develop their Occupational Therapy skills through involvement with a wide range of clients with wide ranging health and social care needs.We would like to hear from applicants who share our values: Putting people first ensuring that their identified needs are met in a timely and efficient way Delivering excellence and quality in service provision Showing respect for service users and colleagues alike Keeping our communities safe and wellWe want our staff to be the best so we can give the best possible support to people who need us.What our Occupational Therapy staff say about working here: the team is fantastic and really supportive, and we can make a real difference in our clients lives its a beautiful county and the people are canny you will be valued for who you are and what you do there are lots of opportunities and the teams are very supportive of each other great staff benefits and pension scheme its a brilliant team and an exciting time to join, staff are driving the service forward the people make it very rewarding varied caseloads, supportive management structure, beautiful surroundings, varied job role, different environments, opportunities for complex workWe have the following posts available around the county of Northumberland. Please specify in your application any preference for area to work into:West Northumberland 1 x full time NCC Band 7Berwick 1 x full time NCC Band 7Alnwick 1 x full time NCC Band 7South East and Central 1 x full time NCC Band 7All posts are: Permanent Full time (37 hours) Northumberland County Council band 7, equivalent to NHS Band 5 Have a starting salary of £29,174.00 in 2021/22 (NCC Band 7).For further information please see the attached job description and person specification.About NorthumberlandWorld renowned as a visitor destination, Northumberland is also the ideal location to strike a perfect work/life balance. What better way of enjoying the picturesque scenery and stunning coastline than to sample it on an everyday basisOur Vision is: To make Northumberland a county which you regard as a great place to live, and in which you can access the things you enjoy, whilst having the opportunity to learn and thriveOur Plan is to focus on: Living - we want you to feel safe, healthy and cared for Enjoying - we want you to love where you live Connecting - we want you to have access to the things you need Learning - we want you to achieve and realise your potential Thriving - we want to attract more and better jobsFor further information about working for Northumberland County Council, please see the following link: http://workingWhy choose usWe have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including: 25 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays (rising to 30 after 5 years of service)(pro-rata for part-time employees) Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme Flexi scheme applicable to majority of roles Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands A commitment to work-life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, home working, flexible working, part-year working, and compressed hours Car Leasing Scheme Please visit: https://About/Working-for-Northumberland-County-Council.aspx for more information regarding our benefits.Please note the closing date for this post is 14th September 2022 at midnight.We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applications who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme please email .uk with your name and the jobtitle you have