Job summary

We are delighted to advertise the opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our expanding therapy team within Sister Winifred Laver Centre; this is a sixty bed intermediate care facility for service users requiring a period of recovery, rehabilitation or reablement. The centre provides integrated care from Gateshead Local Authority and Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust and provides excellent opportunities for MDT working. These roles are suited to an existing or emerging Band 6's who has a passion for supporting functional assessment and treatment planning to maximise independence, health and wellbeing for our service users.

You will have excellent opportunities including service improvements and developing the role. You will be supported by the clinical MDT'sas well as the Occupational Therapy Department; benefiting from regular clinical and professional supervision, peer support and access to CPD opportunities.

You will be required to work a shift pattern which includes weekend working / bank holiday rota. The post holder is required to hold a UK driving license with access to a vehicle for work purposes; you will be based at one of the Gateshead Health Locations or as directed by your line manager.

We welcome enquires so please don't hesitate to get in touch if you would like to know more about this exciting role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work effectively within a multi-disciplinary / agency team attending to patients identified as requiring intervention to prevent their health and wellbeing deteriorating and to promote and encourage rehabilitation. In addition, there will be planned activity to provide hands on care and holistic assessment to prevent avoidable admission to hospital, and / or long-term care and to maximise patient independence / promote rehabilitation to allow the patient to return to their own home.

This post holder will be required to ensure the fundamentals of care are provided at the point of contact and will ensure delivery of a range of appropriate interventions to be able to meet the needs of the patients' health and wellbeing, within the community setting. Patients accessing the service will have complex needs and potentially numerous co-morbidities including frailty. The post holder will support the senior team in the safe and effective delivery of patient care.

This post will contribute to the safe delivery of effective rehabilitation working flexibly over 7 days per week.

This vacancy is part of our 'refer a friend' scheme, this means if a friend who currently works for us has told you about this vacancy you could both receive a cash payment. The full scheme details are included with the additional documents for this role.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The post holder will assist in the delivery of occupational therapy in the SWL PIC and across a range of health and social care locations. This will involve loan working.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care.
• Responsible to a Band 7 Occupational Therapy Team Lead.
• To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver a holistic patient-centred approach to care. To regularly liaise with MDT members including those from heath, social services and voluntary agencies to ensure an integrated and comprehensive service is provided.
• To ensure that patients are identified for prompt discharge from the serviceand handover to community services as required.
• Ensure that the day to day co-ordination and delivery of service is in a timely and professional manner whilst demonstrating the ability to work flexibly to effectively meet the needs of patients.
• To provide leadership for junior / unregistered staff, as agreed with senior staff.
• To support the Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist in planning, coordinating, and delivering the service provided to patients and to assist in the development, planning and progression of service provision.
• To deputise for the Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist in their absence as required.
• To supervise other qualified and non-qualified staff within the team
• To supervise Occupational Therapy students on clinical placements.
• To participate in CPD and develop skills and knowledge through participation in in-service training.
• Maintaining Records as an autonomous practitioner.
• The post holder will be expected to work flexibly over 7 days

The post will involve travel locally and the post holder will be required to work flexibly to support service needs across Clinical Support and Screening Business Unit. This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities. The post holder will be asked to carry out other duties which are appropriate to the skills of the post holder and grade of the post as the priorities of the service change.

For further details or to arrange a visit please contact :

Name

Claire McAuley

Job title

Occupational Therapy Lead

Email address

Telephone number

0191 445 3125

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Skills

Essential

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable