An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time, Band 6, Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the ALD North Tees Community Team/ ALD Tees Community Service 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,
* 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/ local authority electronic patient record system
* To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
* To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges
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 adults with learning disabilities people and their families.
You will access wider support from the TEWV occupational therapy network across ALD Durham Tees Valley, to deliver 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.