Rotational Occupational Therapist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Band 5 rotation scheme.

Rotations are offered across hospital and community settings, and you will have the opportunity to develop your clinical skills and knowledge within a wide range of specialist teams.

Your first rotation will be with the Community Paediatric Occupational Therapy team. If you would like any further information, please contact us on the details provided.

Participate in the rotational scheme working in a range of hospital and community settings across the health and social care community, working as an autonomous practitioner within your scope of practice and in accordance with your job plan.

Be responsible for your continuing professional development, actively participating in supervision, peer support and training and development programmes.

Manage a caseload including prioritisation and delegation of work to therapy assistants, performing patient assessments and making a clinical judgement of the patient’s needs. Develop, implement, evaluate and modify patient treatment programmes ensuring relevant pathways of care are followed in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team with onward referral to other agencies as appropriate.

Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records complying with Trust policies and procedures, upholding statutory, Royal College of Occupational Therapists, and HCPC standards and codes of professional conduct.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Feb 2025