Clinical Support Assistant (Occupational Therapy)

An opportunity has become available for the role of a Band 3 Clinical Support Assistant within our Occupational Therapy team to work into the Older Adult's Community Treatment Team in Newcastle. This is to cover 6 months maternity leave., To work as a member of the Multi-disciplinary Team providing high quality interventions to individuals within our cognitive and functional pathways, whilst ensuring safety and promoting recovery, wellbeing and maximising independence. You will be required to consider carer's needs and ensure carers are involved in the care planning where appropriate.

You will be involved in supporting the implementation of meaningful and person-centred care plans and making observations on progress. The overall responsibility for the service user remains with the registered occupational therapist. You will deliver interventions with supervision and guidance from a registered practitioner and as a lone worker where appropriate, undertaking delegated tasks within competency boundaries.

You will have a caseload of service users who present with a variety of Occupational Therapy needs, diverse presentations and a range of mental health physical health, neurological conditions, cognitive and/or learning disabilities. This caseload will be under regular supervision by a registered occupational therapist.

You will be working into a range of settings including the clients' own home and the local community, as well as providing support to clients who reside in residential and nursing care settings.

Service users may present with a combination of physical, cognitive, sensory, psychological, behavioural and social needs, therefore a commitment to multi-disciplinary working is essential.

We are ideally looking for someone who has experience of working within mental health services. Previous experience working with older adults is not essential, although knowledge of the impact of mental health on function and an interest to work within this clinical area is required.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.