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Specialist Occupational Therapist - North East England, United Kingdom - Tees Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident, and enthusiastic full time Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join Durham and Sedgefield North Community Mental Health Team MHSOP
The multi-disciplinary team works with dementia patients and their families as well as those with functional disorders to deliver high quality Occupational Therapy service.
We are looking for an occupational therapist 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 and their families/carers.
You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in Durham MHSOP within TEWV, to develop a way of delivering 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.
As an occupational therapist in TEWV you will be professionally and clinically accountable for own caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering occupational interventions, demonstrating adherence to the Trust values at all times and operating as a member of the team, service and organisation.
To be responsible for receiving referrals for occupational therapy, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
To contribute to service improvement and quality initiativesTo abide by all Trust policies and procedures
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
The post holder will provide evidence-based assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway and dementia pathway, and offer input to individuals, their families and carers, in inpatient service.
The ability to engage and communicate with older people and those with dementia and functional disorders as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them is essential.
The post holder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.
You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop themselves and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT.
Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Experience of working in a variety of occupational therapy practice areas whilst on student placements
Experience of working with service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities
Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its Page 9 of 12 application in practice
Software packages e.g. Ability to lead therapy group sessions (within agreed timescales)
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Bowes Lyon Unit
Lanchester Road Hospital
