An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 occupational therapist to join the Tameside Adult Community Learning Disability Care Hub on a permanent full time basis.
This post would suit a newly qualified Occupational Therapist.
The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, person centred individual with excellent communication skills who will be joining our well established learning disability team.
We aim to provide high quality, community based services for adults with a learning disabilities. As such, we are seeking an individual with a passion for working and improving the learning disability services we provide.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and well-motivated occupational therapist to work as part of our multi-disciplinary community team providing services to adults with learning disabilities.
The post holder will hold a caseload and work autonomously. They will use a variety of approaches and interventions with service users who have complex needs including autism. Previous knowledge and experience of working with people with learning disabilities would be an advantage.
The community team consists of a senior OT, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, nurses, psychologist, psychiatry, children and young people's team and autism diagnostic service. The post holder will visit clients in their own homes, day services, residential care homes and other community settings.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
Access to Continued Professional Development
Involvement in improvement and research activities
Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
To undertake occupational therapy assessments addressing occupational
performance, strengths and skills deficits, enabling the service user in areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
To collaboratively identify the goals of occupational therapy intervention with the service user as part of the overall care plan.
To plan and implement individual and/or group evidence-based interventions, in collaboration with the service user, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
These interventions may take place in a variety of settings including hospital, community and patients home.
To monitor and evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention.
To provide support and education to service users and carers regarding
aspects of occupational therapy.
To attend appropriate case conferences, clinics, referral and review meetings, contributing to decisions with regard to service user care plans.
To assess and actively manage individual activity and environmental risk to ensure the safety of the service user, self, colleagues and wider public, whilst recognising the right of the service user to take positive risks in promoting their recovery.
To ensure that up to date written and electronic records are maintained in
accordance with Professional and Trust standards.
To take responsibility for prioritising own clinical case load.
