Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Priory Highbank Centre, a 19-bed neuro-rehabilitation unit, seeks an occupational therapist to lead OT and neuro assessments and deliver individual and group interventions within a multidisciplinary team.

You will manage a personal caseload, coordinate treatment plans, supervise therapy assistants, and contribute to discharge planning with commissioning teams, while maintaining Priory policies and standards. DBS check will be required as part of recruitment.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required for practice.
• Specialist experience in neurological and brain injuries.
• DBS/Disclosure checks as part of recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own caseload autonomously, planning and delivering individual and group interventions.
• Carry out OT and neuro assessments to identify patient needs.
• Manage and co-ordinate individual OT treatment plans.
• Facilitate therapeutic groups and oversee the unit's social and meaningful activities programmes with therapy assistants and the activities organiser.
• Work as a key MDT member for patient care, including safe discharge planning with commissioning teams.
• Compose OT reports and attend multidisciplinary meetings.
• Help service users maximise their physical, emotional and social potential and wellbeing.
• Deliver supervision to therapy assistants where appropriate.
• Build close working relationships with external professionals, ensuring practice meets Priory policies, statutory regulations and quality standards.
• Maintain communication with patients, relatives, carers and external stakeholders.

Skills

Neurological rehab

OT assessments

Group interventions

Discharge planning

Education

Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Job description

This is a specialist occupational therapy post at the Priory Highbank Centre, a 19-bed neuro-rehabilitation unit for complex neuro-disability. The role covers OT and neuro assessments, individual and group interventions, and a personal caseload within the multidisciplinary team. Referrals come mainly from NHS funders for slow-stream rehabilitation and specialist assessments, including PDoC, and the unit also cares for patients with tracheostomy or ventilation. Fit depends on HCPC registration and experience of neurological and brain injury.

What the job involves

• Manage your own caseload autonomously, planning and delivering individual and group interventions
• Carry out OT and neuro assessments to identify patient needs
• Manage and co-ordinate individual OT treatment plans
• Facilitate therapeutic groups and oversee the unit's social and meaningful activities programmes with therapy assistants and the activities organiser
• Work as a key MDT member for patient care, including safe discharge planning with commissioning teams
• Compose OT reports and attend multidisciplinary meetings
• Help service users maximise their physical, emotional and social potential and wellbeing
• Deliver supervision to therapy assistants where appropriate
• Build close working relationships with external professionals, ensuring practice meets Priory policies, statutory regulations and quality standards
• Maintain communication with patients, relatives, carers and external stakeholders

Qualifications

• Diploma in Occupational Therapy or a relevant degree (honours degree, postgraduate certificate or diploma, or Masters pre-registration qualification in occupational therapy)

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration

Experience

• Specialist experience of neurological and brain injuries, including physical, sensory, cognitive, emotional and psychological difficulties, for example prolonged disorders of consciousness and long-term medical…

Checks & eligibility

• Successful disclosure at an appropriate level (DBS, Access NI or Disclosure Scotland)