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We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Senior Occupational Therapist to work into our team in Wansbeck General Hospital. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey within the inpatient setting to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions, and help avoid unnecessary admission and re-admission to hospital.
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.
* To ensure service provision is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints.
* To deliver a comprehensive service for a complex case load.
* To manage a defined caseload of patients, using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
* To assess for and monitor the provision of adaptations when appropriate.
* To provide clinical education, supervision and support to staff and students within the specialist field.
* To provide specialist advice to families, carers, and other health and social care professionals.
* To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within a designated area/team, holding responsibility for defined projects through specialist interest and steering groups.
* To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Occupational Therapy Team across Northumbria Healthcare Trust. To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments, diagnosis and treatment using clinical reasoning skills.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lisa Hopper Job title: Occupational Therapy Team Lead Email address: lisa.hopper@nhct.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01670 564020
Kate Metcalf
Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead
01670 564020
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Part-time
Job function
* Job function
Health Care Provider
* Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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