Tameside Council
Location
Tameside, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (for 3 years)
Contract Reason: Subject to funding
Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment
Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £43,421 to Scale 39 - £47,420 with a professional bar at SCP 37 £45,441**
Hours: 36 Hours per Week
Base Location: Wilshaw House, Wilshaw Lane, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7 9QG
Closing Date: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Assessment Date: To be arranged
This is an exciting opportunity to join our rapidly developing Occupational Therapy Service in Tameside. We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist, ideally with experience in Manual handling, aids and adaptations and Learning disability.
We are an important and integral part of organisational plans for Integrated Social and Health Care Systems across the Tameside footprint. As Occupational Therapists we are actively involved in this process and in some aspects, are at the front edge of delivery and development within these wider Services.
We are aligned with other Professionals across four separate neighbourhood Teams. These include Social Workers, District Nursing, and also Primary Care Nursing. Joint Working alongside our Professional colleagues has allowed us to deliver the best outcomes for our Service Users. In addition, our most recent service developments have demonstrated not only the importance of Occupational Therapy to the overall success of service wide developments but also revealed new training and development needs for our Profession.
We are looking for a confident experienced Occupational Therapist with enthusiasm, passion for learning and development, a great team player and drive to be part of an exciting, rapidly developing Occupational Therapy Service. The roles and responsibilities will include clinical supervision of Occupational Therapists and Assistants, holding a small case load, assessing the manual handling needs across community settings and assessing for equipment and adaptations to allow our service users to live an independent and full life. As an Assistant Team Manager you will also support on service development, audits, policies and processes. This is not an exhaustive list.
Our commitment and investment in your training and professional development is of upmost importance. Training will be provided across all aspects of the roles as required. There are regular Team Meetings and Continuing Professional Development and training are valued and prioritised.
Car driver with own vehicle is essential. This post carries an authorised casual car user allowance.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English in the person specification.
This role is subject to the relevant Safeguarding checks which will include an Enhanced DBS check and the right to work in the UK checks.
For an informal discussion please contact: Julie Dean on 07712717746 [email protected]
** This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:
1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above, AND
2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND
3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND
4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.
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Ref No: DPT493
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Salary
£43.42k per annum
