About this role
Job summary
CommunityOccupational TherapistPermanent,Full time 37 hours, based in ourNorth Team, located in either Alnwick or Berwick (office base to be agreed at interview).
We are looking for an Occupational Therapist, newly qualified or experienced, who wants to start or progress their career in a highly rewarding area of work where they can make a real difference to the lives of residents/clients.Someone who is keen to develop their Occupational Therapy skills through involvement with adult residents experiencing a wide-ranging health and social care needs.
We have one, permanent, full-time vacancyavailable in the North area.The position is NCC Salary Band7: £35,412 - £39,152
This role is equivalent to NHS band 6.
Main duties of the job
We want our staff to be the best so they can give the best service, so we give the best support we can. The performance of the Occupational Therapy Service is consistently high, demonstrating the dedication of our staff group toprovidinga responsive quality service to residents Community work is interesting and varied giving you to opportunity to be involved in everything from assessing for and providing basic and complex equipment and minor adaptations through to major adaptations and manual handling assessments and recommendations. We work with adult residents of Northumberland who are experiencing functional problems relating to physical disability, mental health problems or learning disability. This makes the work varied and interesting but also very rewarding All staff within the Community Occupational Therapy service are enabled to work agile from home or any Northumberland County Council site, includingan allocatedbase office site. All our teams have a mix of Occupational Therapy Assistants, Technical Instructors, and qualified Occupational Therapists. We share office bases with the wider adult social care services and Northumberland Short Term Support Service meaning you have the MDT around you. We are building working links with the local Primary Care Networks to improve service to residents. We have close working links with all the residential care homes within Northumberland through a programme of regular reviews.
About us
Who are we looking for?We are looking for someone who upholds the values of Northumberland County Council and the Occupational Therapy service to:
Put residents first ensuring that the identified needs are met ina timelyand efficientway Deliver excellence and quality in serviceprovision Show respect for service users and colleaguesalike Keep our communities safe andwellIf this is you, we want to hear from you!For this role, you must have the following:
Degree in Occupational Therapy Current registration with HCPCNorthumberland County Councils (NCC) vision is Land of Great Opportunities, for current and future generations. We believe there is no better place to live and work.For further information about working for NCC, please visit our website here.
Why choose us?We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:
26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees) Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme Flexi scheme (if applicable) up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information please see the attached job description and person specification.
This is a Northumberland county council vacancy, to make an application please use the following link to the NCC careers page
https://jobs.northumberland.gov.uk/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=2976
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
For this role, you must have the following: Degree in Occupational Therapy Current registration with HCPC Please ensure to use the link to NCC careers page to make an application - https://jobs.northumberland.gov.uk/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=2976
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.
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 Northumberland County Council
Address Alnwick Fire Station
Blackthorn Close
Alnwick
Northumberland
NE66 2ER
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)