• Job Description

  Req#: F0022-25-0035?language=en&page=825&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Community Occupational Therapist - Permanent, Fulltime 37 hours, based in our North Team at Berwick District Office, Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15 1ED

  We are looking for an Occupational Therapist, experienced, who wants to progress their career in a highly rewarding area of work where they can make a real difference to the lives of residents/clients. Someone who likes variety in their working day and working life who is keen to develop their Occupational Therapy skills through involvement with a wide range of clients with wide ranging health and social care needs.

  We have one, permanent, full-time vacancy available in the North area, based at Berwick District Office, Berwick Upon Tweed. The position is NCC Salary Band 8: £39,862 - £44,075

  This is the equivalent to NHS Band 6

  Main duties of the job

  Why Choose Community Occupational Therapy?

  • The performance of the Occupational Therapy Service is consistently high, demonstrating the dedication of our staff group to providing a responsive quality service toresidents
  • Community work is interesting and varied giving you to opportunity to be involved in everything from assessing for and providing basic and complex equipment and minor adaptations through to major adaptations and manual handling assessments and recommendations.
  • We work with adult residents of Northumberland who are experiencing functional problems relating to physical disability, mental health problems or learning disability.This makes the work varied and interesting but also very rewarding.
  • All staff within the Community Occupational Therapy service are enabled to work agile from home or any Northumberland County Council site, including an allocated base office site.
  • All our teams have a mix of Occupational Therapy Assistants, Technical Instructors, and qualified Occupational Therapists. We share office bases with the wider adult social care services and Northumberland Short Term Support Service meaning you have the MDT around you.
  • We are building working links with the local Primary Care Networks to improve service to residents. We have close working links with all the residential care homes within Northumberland through a programme of regular reviews.

  About us

  Who are we looking for?We are looking for someone who upholds the values of Northumberland County Council and the Occupational Therapy service to:

  • Put residents first ensuring that the identified needs are met in a timely and efficient way
  • Deliver excellence and quality in service provision
  • Show respect for service users and colleagues alike
  • Keep our communities safe and well

  If this is you, we want to hear from you!

  Northumberland County Councils (NCC) vision is Land of Great Opportunities, for current and future generations. We believe there is no better place to live and work.

  For further information about working for NCC, please visit our websitehere.

  Why choose us?

  We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:

  • 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
  • Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Flexi scheme (if applicable) up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)

  To see all our excellent benefits and perks, please click here.

  Details

  Date posted

  01 October 2025

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £39,862 to £44,075 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  F0022-25-0035

  Job locations

  Northumberland County Council

  Wallace Green

  Berwick-upon-tweed

  TD15 1ED

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For futher information about this position, please use the attached job description.

  Please note, an application does need to be completed directly on NCC careers site, you can do this by following the below link -

  https://jobs.northumberland.gov.uk/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=2377

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For futher information about this position, please use the attached job description.

  Please note, an application does need to be completed directly on NCC careers site, you can do this by following the below link -

  https://jobs.northumberland.gov.uk/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=2377

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Diploma or degree in OT
  • State registration with HPC

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Diploma or degree in OT
  • State registration with HPC

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Northumberland County Council

  Address

  Northumberland County Council

  Wallace Green

  Berwick-upon-tweed

  TD15 1ED

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Northumberland County Council

  Address

  Northumberland County Council

  Wallace Green

  Berwick-upon-tweed

  TD15 1ED

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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