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Community Occupational Therapist

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Job Information

Community Occupational Therapist (West Team) –  Fixed term (12 months), Full time 37 hours, based at Dene Park House, Hexham.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist, newly qualified or experienced, who wants to start or progress their career 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 fixed term, full time vacancy available in the West Northumberland area, based at Dene Park House, Hexham. The position is NCC Salary Band 7 (equivalent to NHS Band 5).

Band 7 salary: £34,314 - £37,938

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, demonstrating the dedication of our staff group to providing a responsive quality service to residents.  
Community work is interesting and varied giving you to opportunity to be involved in everything from assessing for and providing basic 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 also very rewarding. 
The post holder will be based at Dene park House in Hexham, 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.

  
 Who are we looking for?  
 We are looking for someone who upholds the values of Northumberland County Council and the Occupational Therapy service to:  

People first - Put residents first ensuring that the identified needs are met in a timely and efficient way  
Excellence - Deliver excellence and quality in service provision  
Respect - Show respect for service users and colleagues alike 
Resilience- We have robust controls, practices and support in place to protect our residents, our colleagues and our communities and empower them to thrive and live well.

If this is you, we would like to hear from you!  
  

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details.  

For an informal conversation about the position, or for further information, please contact: Carol Pearson, Team Manager on 07966490590.

Northumberland County Council’s (NCC) vision is ‘Land of Great Opportunities’, for current and future generations. We believe there is no better place to live and work.

For further information about working for NCC, please visit our website here.

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)

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Further information

For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance notes here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.

Alternative application format:

British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net

For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930

Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications