We have a fantastic opportunity for an existing Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist or a competent Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join the North ALD integrated team on a fixed term basis for 12 months.
The ALD North Durham integrated team offers a specialist assessment, support and intervention to people with a learning disability and/or autism diagnosis.
The post holder will have the exciting opportunity to embed and shape the Occupational Therapist role and TEWV OT Pathway into the service, with support form their Lead Occupational Therapist. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist that can support this journey, to deliver high quality and innovative occupational therapy assessment and intervention.
We encourage all applicants to reach out to the team to speak more about this fantastic role opportunity!
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for receiving requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence-based occupational assessment and intervention to address key occupational areas of self care, productivity and leisure.
To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these collaboratively.
To participate in clinical/professional and management supervision
To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives
To use the Trust electronic patient record system
To 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 nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
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.
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