Senior Occupational Therapist

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Senior Occupational Therapist The closing date is 04 February 2026 We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our well established team based at Berwick Infirmary. The post holder will work primarily as part of a multidisciplinary team on the inpatient ward at Berwick Infirmary leading occupational therapy provision to support safe and timely discharges. The post holder is also expected to support with requests from other acute settings to facilitate local discharges utilising a discharge to assess model. Service hours are currently 0830-1630 Monday - Friday within Berwick Infirmary. There is an expectation of weekend working across other Northumbria Healthcare sites. Contractual hours are between 0800-2000 and this may be implemented in the future. 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 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. Job responsibilities To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through hospital and in community, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help avoid unnecessary admission and re admission to hospital To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff, as delegated by Line Manager. To work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through hospital and in community, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help avoid unnecessary admission and re admission to hospital. Managerially responsible to Team Lead Clinically responsible to clinical OT Lead. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries. Qualifications Diploma/Degree in O.T State registered with Health Professions Council Qualified for a minimum of 18 months Experience and knowledge Substantial post registration experience with relevant experience in specialist area including individual and group work. Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy Experience of O.T. practice in varied settings. Supervision of junior staff and students. Experience of research procedures Other Requirements It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum #J-18808-Ljbffr