An exciting new opportunity has arisen for Occupational Therapists to join our innovative and proactive Community Response Services team within the Community Services Business Unit of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidates will participate in a diverse, 9-month rotation working across sites in Acute (North Tyneside General Hospital & Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital), Community (based at Cobalt Business Exchange), and Intermediate Care settings (North Tyneside).
The rotation will allow the successful candidates to gain enhanced clinical experience across a wide range of specialities including, but not limited to, Care of the Elderly, Acute and Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Respiratory, Orthopaedics, and Community Rehabilitation.
This rotational post provides opportunities for development in your clinical specialist area of interest. Elements of this role include leadership, quality improvement, opportunities for audit, and research.
The Community Response Services provide care from 8am to 8pm, 7 days per week. Working patterns vary, and flexible working requests will be considered.
We are looking for candidates who are motivated, enthusiastic, and willing to engage in current service developments & audits, using highly developed Occupational Therapy skills and evidence-based practice to enhance the health and wellbeing of patients. The candidate will work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team to foster an environment of high quality and seamless therapy pathways across North Tyneside and Northumberland, ensuring high-quality individualised care is delivered, focusing on promoting independence and optimising recovery after illness or injury.
The successful candidate will be supported by supervision and appraisal processes and will have opportunities to complete specialist training to enhance key skills and knowledge.
Responsibilities include:
1. Providing a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service in the specific specialist area(s) following Trust policies and procedures to ensure safety and clinical excellence.
2. Ensuring service provision in the specialist areas is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints.
3. Practicing within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis, and treatment using clinical reasoning skills.
4. Managing a defined caseload of patients (often with highly complex needs), using evidence-based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions.
5. Providing leadership for junior and support staff through supervision, appraisals, and mentoring.
6. Supporting service provision across sites when needed, in line with the needs of the service.
7. Regularly supervising undergraduate Occupational Therapy students on practice placement and participating in the placement experience of other professionals.
8. Completing home visits with patients where appropriate.
The successful candidates may be required to work within an 8am-8pm rostering system. Working patterns between these hours will be considered to accommodate individual needs, in line with the service's requirements.
It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
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