B7 Occupational Therapist - Community Stroke

Whittington Maternity Voices Partnership; City Of London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Whittington Health NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Occupational Therapist to lead the Haringey Community Stroke Service, manage a clinical caseload, and contribute to pathway planning and transformation. You will work closely with the Clinical Rehabilitation Lead to drive audit, policy, and service development.

The role requires a degree/diploma in occupational therapy, HCPC registration, and substantial post‑registration stroke experience within the NHS.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration.
• Stroke-focused training or courses are required.
• Post‑registration experience with stroke and NHS/community settings.
• Experience supervising junior staff and students.
• Experience leading change and quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Haringey Community Stroke OT team and manage a clinical caseload.
• Collaborate with Clinical Rehabilitation Lead to plan and transform pathways.
• Provide supervision and development for OTs and rehabilitation staff.
• Deliver evidence-based practice and clinical audit.

Skills

Team leadership

Clinical supervision

Communication skills

Audit and governance

Education

Degree/diploma in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Stroke-focused courses

Higher degree / MSc relevant to the area

College of Occupational Therapists membership

Job description

B7 Occupational Therapist - Community Stroke

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 220-WHT-8403493

Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Stuart Crescent Town London Salary £55,524 - £62,652 Per Annum Including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 16/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 09/12/2026

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The Haringey Stroke Team consisting of specialist community rehabilitation OTs, PTs SLT and CHP who work together in an integrated way to support the self management and long-term health needs of adult Haringey stoke patients.

The Band 7 Occupational Therapy Stroke lead will undertake a team lead role for the Haringey Community Stroke Service, as well as managing a clinical caseload, and will support the Clinical Rehabilitation Lead in planning, modernising and transforming pathways. This role is underpinned by clinical practice, area specific clinical competence, leadership and management, and education.

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

POST SUMMARY

• To undertake a team lead role on a day-to-day basis to manage the therapy staff in the Haringey Community Stroke service including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, SLT and rehabilitation technicians
• To work closely with the Clinical Lead in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Haringey Community Stroke service provided to adults referred to the team for rehabilitation, participating in the design and implementation of audit and policy.
• To be responsible for an allocated caseload, delegating duties when appropriate but maintaining overall responsibility for patient caseload.
• To be competent in undertaking all stages of the Occupational Therapy process with patients referred to the community service.
• To be actively involved in evidence-based practice, Continual Professional Development and clinical audit.
• To provide support and clinical supervision to OTs, rehabilitation technicians and students on placement.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

CLINICAL

• To be professionally and legally responsible for all aspects of own professional activities. To adhere to and apply The College of Occupational Therapists’ Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (College of Occupational Therapists 2015)
• To independently manage a caseload of complex cases, providing specialist occupational therapy assessment and interventions to clients with complex physical, cognitive and psycho-social needs arising from their medical conditions. To provide this service in the most appropriate setting to the client, e.g. clients’ homes, workplace and other community settings, working closely with the client, his/her family/carer and other professionals in doing this.
• To be responsible for prioritising the occupational therapy referrals within the service to ensure that clients with urgent needs are seen within appropriate timescales.
• To establish excellent therapeutic relationships with clients/family/carers to gain their participation in the therapeutic process by employing advanced interpersonal skills (e.g. communication, reasoning, negotiation skills, motivational tactics) and overcoming any barriers to communication (e.g. different languages, lack of understanding of the spoken word, visual or hearing impairments, fear, anxiety).
• To assess for and diagnose any functional, physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological and sensory deficits using functional assessments together with specialised standardised and non-standardised assessment batteries.
• Based on the analysis of the assessment and a risk analysis, to determine occupational therapy aims and treatment goals as part of the overall care plan, and then to formulate intervention options which reduce the impact of disability.
• To attend MDT clinical meetings and have close liaison with the acute stroke services (NMH, RFH and the Homerton) and the hyper acute service (HASU).
• To work closely with the client/family/carers to encourage participation in the therapeutic process. To negotiate and agree decisions relevant to the client’s management whilst respecting their diversity. To identify and select with the client/family/carers the most appropriate intervention options, which balance the complex interactions of risk, safety, client choice, independence, areas of conflict, eligibility for services and cost effectiveness.
• To develop specialised occupational therapy treatment programmes in collaboration with clients, carers and other involved professionals (e.g. physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, district nurses, clinical lead professionals, home care agencies) to be carried out in the client’s home or community as appropriate.
• To plan, coordinate and deliver client-centred interventions on either an individual or group basis, using the principles of graded activity and a wide range of treatment techniques e.g. functional and remedial activities, splinting, equipment provision, education and health promotion.
• To use specialised therapeutic moving and handling skills in the assessment for complex neurological conditions, recommending appropriate equipment in line with national and local guidelines; including providing advice and training to client/family/carers on correct handling techniques, having undertaken specialised manual handling risk assessments.
• To provide specialist assessment for and provision of adaptive equipment such as specialist seating in line with national and local guidelines.
• To provide assessments for and where indicated the construction of upper limb splinting for clients in order to promote joint integrity or faciliti... (article truncated for brevity)

Please see Job description and personal specification for full outline of main role and responsibilities

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Occupational therapy
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
• Attendance on courses related to Stroke
• Higher degree/MSc. relevant to the area of practice.
• Member of the College of Occupational Therapists and relevant Clinical Interest Group1

Experience

• Extensive post-registration experience, including rotational experience and evidence of dedicated clinical practice and post-graduate professional development in relevant areas of Occupational therapy.
• Broad experience working with stroke at a Band 6 or above.
• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of working within a community setting
• Experience of running groups
• Experience of taking Occupational therapy students on clinical practice placements
• Experience of organising, writing and delivering in-service training programmes.
• Experience of supervising junior and non-qualified staff, including participation in personal development reviews.
• Experience of involvement in clinical governance/service improvement initiatives
• Experience of leading change

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current NHS priorities and policy
• Understanding of clinical governance activity and its application to Occupational therapy Services and practice.