Specialist Occupational Therapist

What will you be doing?

1. To complete skilled and specialised Occupational Therapy assessments with the implementation of safe interventions which promote independence, choice and support people to live well for longer whilst reducing where possible the need for hospitalization or long-term residential care.

1. To specialise in one or more Occupational Therapy discipline such as community, dementia, reablement, manual handling and any other developing professional area.

1. To assist with the development and reviews of the Community Occupational Therapy services in North Northamptonshire. Support the growth of an effective Community based Therapy service with a focus on quality and ensuring professional standards are met.

About you

Are you passionate about Occupational Therapy? Do you like helping people? Would you like to support people in our community?

We are looking to recruit Senior Occupational Therapists to join our vibrant, driven and hardworking Team.  The team uses a strengths based approach throughout their therapy interventions in line with North Northants Council’s values and behaviours. 

Dependent upon the role that you are interested in ideally you would have the following skills and knowledge, however, training and mentoring is available for the right candidate.

• Experience of people moving and handling and demonstrate knowledge of equipment, with an awareness of best practice and current legislation.
• Understanding of moving with dignity using a single care approach would be desirable. 
• Experience of rehabilitation models and hospital discharge pathways.
• Knowledge and understanding of major and minor adaptations, specialist equipment and housing. 
• Knowledge of assistive technology is desirable, but not mandatory. 
• Experience of OT practice delivered within a Community or reablement setting.

If there is a specific role that you are interested in applying for, please specify on your application, otherwise we will be happy to discuss your preference at interview. 

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)