Trosolwg o'r swydd

Secondment or Fixed Term Post

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist that values innovation and person -centred rehabilitation to join our supportive Community Rehabilitation Team.   Keswick & Solway ICC Covers area of outstanding beauty from the Solway Plain to the Lake District National Park.

This post would be ideal for an experienced Band 5 wishing to gain community or Band 6 experience as well as experienced Band 6 staff

The team supports hospital discharge,  works to prevent hospital admission,  and offers community rehabilitation in Patient's homes or our established  Rehabilitation Centre.   The team also offers anticipatory care through Your Health matters and person centred support vis the Home Care Practitioner Service.

This role requires enthusiasm for holistic  practice and utilising  models of occupational therapy to assist individuals to achieve their occupational goals.    Regular programme of In service training will help you to develop and to  share your skills and expertise with others.   An interest in personalised care handling is required  but training can be provided 

Keswick & Solway ICC embraces  a compassionate culture  that embraces upstream thinking, collaboration and staff development. We offer a Compassionate Induction with colleagues from across our Neighbourhood

Up to 37.5 hours per week for the right candidate 

Informal  visits are welcomed and please call for any further information.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

To undertake assessment, clinical and functional diagnosis of adults/older adults using a range of specialist standardised assessments and clinical observation skills across physical, sensory, cognitive, emotional, psychological and social domains.

To provide advice in the formulation or progress of a medical diagnosis and to support family members through this process guided by specialist theoretical knowledge and enabled by establishing a therapeutic alliance.

Contribute to the MDT’s understanding of the family system and its impact on the patient, the patient’s present circumstances, and the impact of that on the family system.

To formulate agreed specialist individual and/or group treatment plans and goals based on advanced clinical reasoning skills with the adult etc, taking in to account the domains assessed.

To provide specialist occupational therapy treatment interventions in a variety of environments

To provide spontaneous and planned specialist advice, teaching and instruction to others in, to promote understanding of the aims of occupational therapy and to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach across the AHP service.

Interventions regularly include the assessment, evaluation and prescription of  specialised equipment for the adults. Standards for offering specialist advice for its safe use and the aims and purpose of the equipment apply as above.

Work in collaboration with other relevant services  making appropriate onward referrals 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria.  The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

·       Being a clinically led organisation

·        Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

·        A positive patient experience every time

·        A great place to work

·        Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.