Senior Occupational Therapist

Care home

Hylton Grange (Sunderland), Tees Grange (Stockton-on-Tees), Laurel Place (Bishop Auckland), Tyne Grange (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Multisite covering four services across the North East region

Full time, 40 hours per week
- Monday
- Friday

£41,030 per annum

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a positive and can-do attitude? Are you a positive and encouraging people person who loves to see people making progress?…

Join us as your new Senior Occupational Therapist working across four complex care services in the North East

Exemplar Health Careisaleadingproviderofnursingcareforadultsliving  with a range of complex needs.

Our homes support adults living with complex needs, including brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities.

Acrossallofourhomes,onethingremainsthesame-our Occupational

Therapist splay a vital role in empowering people to live their best lives!

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Our Occupational Therapists provide specialist assessments, clinical diagnoses and interventions to help people overcome the challenges they face with completing everyday tasks and activities.

You’ll work as part of a wider Clinical Team to create person-centred care and rehabilitation plans that maintain and build people’s abilities, support them to achieve their goals and evaluate their outcomes.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

being responsible
for a clinical caseload

working alongside the people we support, their loved ones and professionals to develop and deliver person-centred occupational therapy interventions

collaborating closely with the Therapy Team (Physiotherapist, Therapy Assistant and Activities Coordinators)

being responsible for a clinical caseload

carrying out assessments

maintaining accurate records for people receiving occupational therapies

promoting choice,
dignity and independence.

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Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also someone who has:

a thorough understanding of occupational therapy best practice

the ability to demonstrate an excellent range of occupational therapy interventions
and treatments

a kind and caring
approach

a sense of humour
and fun

lots of enthusiasm to encourage and motivate others

creative thinking and sound organisational skills

great listening and communication skills.

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do.

To apply for this role, you must have a BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy and be HCPC registered.

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

Please note, this role is not eligible for sponsorship. Candidates without an existing visa or right to work in the UK are unlikely to be suitable for the post.

Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs.

That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most.

We’re now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro-disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities.

Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots…