Band 6 Rotational Occupational Therapist- Neuro Rehabilitation

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Birmingham is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join their interdisciplinary team. You will manage a caseload of clients with complex impairments and deliver rehabilitation programs across various settings, including hospitals and community locations. Strong clinical experience, communication skills, and the ability to travel are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Relevant clinical experience within neurology and complex disability assessment.
• Ability to prioritize workload and manage time effectively.
• Effective communication skills for working with patients and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Manage a designated caseload and collaborate with other therapists.
• Deliver rehabilitation programs in various settings.
• Travel to community settings when required.

Skills

Clinical experience within neurology

Organisational skills

Effective communication

Time management

Job description

Overview

You will work as part of the interdisciplinary teams at West Midlands Rehab Centre and Moseley Hall Hospital providing a quality Occupational Therapy Service to clients with complex impairments (predominantly significant neurological disability). The post holder will be accountable for a designated caseload, working collaboratively with other Occupational Therapists and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the client needs are met. The delivery of rehabilitation programs and interventions may be within a local and/or regional remit and take place within the hospital unit, client's home or in the community. These may involve moving around the community without direct support on a daily basis with potentially long periods of driving.

Responsibilities

• Manage a designated caseload and work collaboratively with other Occupational Therapists and the multi-disciplinary team to meet client needs.
• Deliver rehabilitation programs and interventions within a local and/or regional remit, in hospital units, clients’ homes, or in the community.
• Travel to community settings as required, with the potential for long periods of driving.

Requirements

• Relevant clinical experience within neurology and the assessment of complex disability; flexible to meet the demands of all the different services.
• Good organisational skills including prioritisation of workload and time management; sound knowledge and application of up-to-date clinical trends and evidence-based practices.
• Effective communication with patients, carers, colleagues and other agencies; ability to generate written communication that is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
• Must be a car driver to enable travel to community patients and be able to travel between service bases and to patients in the community.

About BCHC

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people’s homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.