Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job overview

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

To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway delivered within Adult learning disabilities integrated service, offering input to individuals in community settings.

The ability to engage and communicate with people with learning disabilities and/or autism , as well as the parents/family/carers and system around them is essential.

Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the Lead OT. The postholder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to wider OT service developments.

You must be able to demonstrate experience of delivery of occupational therapy, keenness to continually develop yourself and others, and a particular interest in this field of OT. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings.

There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.

You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in the Adult learning disabilities teams in TEWV, to develop a way of delivering a high quality, needs-led OT service, utilising core occupational therapy skills, ensuring all of the people we work with have a robust occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan in place.

Contact Details:

Fiona Plummer Lead Occupational Therapist

Adult learning disabilities service Durham

[email protected]