Community Occupational Therapist

Job summary

CommunityOccupational Therapist(Central Team)Permanent,Full time 37 hours, based at Eddie Ferguson House, Ridley Street, Blyth.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist,newly qualifiedor experienced, who wants to start or progress their careers in a highly rewarding area of work where they can make a real difference to the lives of residents/clients.Someone who likes variety in their working day and working life who is keen to develop their Occupational Therapy skills through involvement with a wide range of clients with wide ranging health and social care needs.We have one permanent, full time vacancy available in the Central Northumberland area, based at Eddie Ferguson House, Blyth. The position is NCC SalaryBand7(equivalent to NHS Band 5).

Band 7 salary: £33,024 - £36,648

Main duties of the job

Why Choose Community Occupational Therapy?

• We want our staff to be the best so they can give the best service, so we give the best support we can.
• The performance of the Occupational Therapy Service is consistently high,demonstratingthe dedication of our staff group toprovidinga responsive quality service toresidents.
• Community work is interesting and varied giving you to opportunity to be involved in everything from assessing for andprovidingbasic and complex equipment and minor adaptations through to major adaptations and manual handling assessments and recommendations.
• We work with adult residents of Northumberland who are experiencing functional problems relating to physical disability, mental health problems or learning disability.This makes the work varied and interesting but alsoveryrewarding.
• The post holder will be based at Eddie Ferguson House, Blyth, Northumberland, with the opportunity to work agile from home and other NCC sites across the county as required.
• All of our teams have a mix of Occupational Therapy Assistants, Technical Instructors, and qualified Occupational Therapists.We share office bases with the wider adult social care services and Northumberland Short Term Support Service meaning you have the MDT around you.
• We are building working links with the local Primary Care Networks to improve service to residents.We have close working links with all the residential care homes within Northumberland through a programme of regular reviews.

About us

For an informal conversation about the position, or for further information, please contact:

Annabel Graham(OT Manager, North Team) on 07967 813392Annabel.Graham@northumberland.gov.uk

or

Ruth Bailey(OT Manager, South Team) on 0777 3644080

Ruth.Bailey@northumberland.gov.uk

Why choose us?

We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:

• 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexi scheme (if applicable) up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)

To see all our excellent benefits and perks, please clickhere.