B7 Occupational Therapist - Community Stroke

Whittington Maternity Voices Partnership; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 44.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Whittington Health is seeking a Band 7 Occupational Therapist to lead the Haringey Community Stroke Service. You will manage a diverse therapy team, including OTs, PTs, SLT and rehabilitation technicians, and oversee the day-to-day rehabilitation for adults referred to the stroke service.

In this role you will partner with the Clinical Rehabilitation Lead to plan, coordinate and evaluate pathways, maintain a clinical caseload, and provide supervision and CPD.

Qualifikationen

• Lead the Haringey Community Stroke Service team.
• Manage a clinical caseload for stroke rehabilitation.
• Provide supervision to OTs, PTs, SLT and rehabilitation staff.

Aufgaben

• Undertake a day-to-day team lead role for the therapy staff.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Rehabilitation Lead to plan, coordinate and evaluate stroke pathways.
• Maintain overall responsibility for patient caseload while delegating tasks as appropriate.
• Engage in evidence-based practice, CPD and clinical audit.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Clinical supervision

Stroke rehabilitation

Occupational therapy

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy

Jobbeschreibung

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.

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.

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 Trust believes 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sneha Vobbilisetty Job title: Operational Lead Stroke and Neuro Email address: [e-mail]