Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a highly motivated Occupational Therapist to join the North Cumbria Inpatient services on Ruskin, a 15-bedded dementia assessment and treatment unit. You will work with the Specialist Occupational Therapist and multidisciplinary team to provide assessments and evidence-based interventions. The post involves managing ongoing assessment and intervention for service users, considering carer needs, and delivering client-centred, compassionate care. It is suitable for newly qualified OTs or those seeking a new challenge.
Essential criteria
- Recognised Occupational Therapy degree qualification
- Registered with HCPC
- Commitment to complete fieldwork education training.
Desirable criteria
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
- Knowledge and Experience
- Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, HCPC and RCOT standards and other local and national initiatives
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of intervention plans
- Multi-disciplinary team work
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of and evidence based interventions
- Previous experience of working in a mental health / learning disability setting
- Experience of involving service users / carers in evaluation / planning and monitoring of services
- Skills and Competencies
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers
- To provide evidence based therapeutic interventions
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users
- Demonstrate effective written and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team
- Effective time and caseload management skills
- Ability to adapt within a changing environment
- Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users
- Ability to use IT system
- Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
- Risk Assessment/Management skills
- Supervisory skills
- Training and presentation skills
- Commitment to using research skills in practice
- Audit and evaluation
- Role/Team specific requirements
- Good, effective communication skills
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Personal Characteristics
- Innovative and creative
- Flexible and adaptive
- A commitment to equal opportunities and a positive attitude to combating stigma
- Additional Requirements
- Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
- Education and Qualification
- Recognised Occupational Therapy degree qualification
- Registered with HCPC
- Commitment to complete fieldwork education training.
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
- Knowledge and Experience
- Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, HCPC and RCOT standards and other local and national initiatives
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of intervention plans
- Multi-disciplinary team work
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of and evidence based interventions
- Previous experience of working in a mental health / learning disability setting
- Experience of involving service users / carers in evaluation / planning and monitoring of services
- Skills and Competencies
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers
- To provide evidence based therapeutic interventions
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users
- Demonstrate effective written and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team
- Effective time and caseload management skills
- Ability to adapt within a changing environment
- Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users
- Ability to use IT system
- Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
- Risk Assessment/Management skills
- Supervisory skills
- Training and presentation skills
- Commitment to using research skills in practice
- Audit and evaluation
- Role/Team specific requirements
- Good, effective communication skills
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Personal Characteristics
- Innovative and creative
- Flexible and adaptive
- A commitment to equal opportunities and a positive attitude to combating stigma
- Additional Requirements
- Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
North Cumbria Inpatient services are looking for highly motivated Occupational Therapists to join out team on Ruskin, a 15 bedded, inpatient dementia assessment and treatment unit.
You will work alongside the Specialist Occupational Therapist, as well as the wider multidisciplinary team to provide assessments and evidence based interventions, following the OT process
This post is suitable for newly qualified Occupational Therapists, as well as those looking for a new role.
If you are motivated, creative and passionate about making a difference to our patients lives, then your characteristics is what the team requires.
Main duties of the job
To provide occupational therapy service to patients who have a variety of occupational therapy needs, diverse presentations and learning disabilities, as well as a range of mental health conditions, under the supervision of the Specialist Occupational Therapist.To manage and provide ongoing assessment and intervention for service users.To consider carer needs and ensure carer and family are involved in intervention planning where appropriate.To develop and deliver evidenced based Occupational Therapy interventions in collaboration with service users and carers where appropriate.The
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