About this role
Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare Trust are excited to offer opportunities to join our Band 5 Rotation, working across all Northumbria hospital sites. You will gain experience in a range of specialities, including stroke, mental health, A&E, rheumatology and falls, developing skills and knowledge against a comprehensive competency framework.
We will offer you learning and development opportunities tailored to your individual career aspirations.
We are looking for forward thinking, enthusiastic therapists who are passionate about occupational therapy and enjoy developing their professional skills. You will be offered regular supervision and meetings with the Band 5 cohort.
It is essential that candidates are able to meet travel requirements of the role. This is a 6 monthly rotation covering 3 hospitals Wansbeck General hospital, NSEC in Cramlington and North Tyneside General Hospital.
Some weekend working will be required. Our service is moving towards 8am - 8pm operating hours, therefore some 8am starts and 8pm finishes may be required. We support the trust's flexible working policy.
We would welcome staff who are about to complete their Occupational Therapist Apprenticeship.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will;
Undertake assessments, plan implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions. This may occur in hospital and within relevant community environments, including the patients' home.
Work with a wide range of patients in specific specialised areas as part of a multi-disciplinary team
Ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource available.
Manage a defined caseload, using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess plan implemented and evaluate interventions.
Deliver a quality service responding to referrals within an appropriate time scale, and achieve optimum functional achievements for all patients.
Lead in the decision making process for discharge planning through assessment and the analysis of treatment outcomes.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres.
We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description Job responsibilities
To work within a specialised team which is under the operational management of the Head OT.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Diploma or degree in OT State registered with HCPC
Experience & Knowledge Essential
Application of the O.T. process. Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
Membership of professional body Membership of Special Interest Group Experience of working in one or more of fields listed Previous experience of supervision of others Experience using standardised assessments/outcome measures
Skills & Abilities Essential
Ability to undertake O.T. assessments and interventions
Desirable
Knowledge of standardised assessments relevant to specialised area
Other Requirements Essential
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.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)