Specialist Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 20 August 2025
Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
- 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.
About us
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.
Details
Date posted
06 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
319-7373737IO
Job locations
Wansbeck General Hospital
Woodhorn Lane
Ashington
NE63 9JJ
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wansbeck General Hospital
Woodhorn Lane
Ashington
NE63 9JJ
Employer's website
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