Highly Specialised Neuro Occupational Therapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in the UK is seeking a Highly Specialised Neuro Occupational Therapist to join their multidisciplinary Community Neurorehabilitation Service. This role involves advanced therapy input, clinical leadership, and supervision of junior staff. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of neurorehabilitation experience, strong clinical reasoning skills, and the ability to work independently in various community settings. A full UK driving license is required, and benefits include a Lease Car Scheme.

Benefits

Lease Car Scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience with adult clients in neurorehabilitation/stroke.
• Evidence of recent Continuing Professional Development related to neurological conditions.
• Experience in community settings and multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced specialist Occupational Therapy input.
• Clinical leadership in Occupational Therapy delivery.
• Supervise and support junior staff and students.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Flexibility

Time management

Education

Recognised Occupational Therapy Degree

Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration

MSc in Neuro rehabilitation (completed)

Job description

Highly Specialised Neuro Occupational Therapist

***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***

We have an exciting opportunity for a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Occupational Therapist, to join our growing multidisciplinary specialist Community Neurorehabilitation Service. This post offers the opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills, as you will be a deputy to the part-time clinical specialist. You will be responsible for supervision of the team as well as having a key role in promoting evidence based practice and service development. We are an innovative team who are a passionate about the specialist service we provide offering skilled development in both stroke and long terms conditions.

All applicants must have experience of working with an adult client group in neurological rehabilitation at a senior level. You need to be a confident autonomous practitioner with high level leadership and communication skills, a flexible problem solving approach, good clinical reasoning skills, and be efficient in your time and people management. The team provides a service in clients' own homes, care homes and the local community and provides a great opportunity for joint working, joint goal setting and regular in-service training.

Main duties of the job

To provide advanced specialist Occupational Therapy input to clients as part of the specialist Community Neurorehabilitation service.

To provide clinical leadership in partnership with the Principal OT into the day to day delivery of Occupational Therapy in the specialist Community Neurorehabilitation service, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice. This includes supervision and support of junior staff and students.

Support the Team Manager - Specialist Community Neurorehabilitation, in establishing and monitoring a robust clinical governance framework for the specialist Community Neurorehabilitation service.

We provide our service to people in the place most suited to their current need, (their home, day centre, place of work etc) as well as in our own small outpatient gym.

It is also essential that you hold a full UK driving license and preferably have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes, although Oxleas offers a Lease Car Scheme to all substantive employees.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Job responsibilities

• To be able to work alone in the community in a variety of settings, independent of multi-disciplinary support whilst in direct contact with clients and their carers
• To be responsible and accountable for occupational therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment of highly complex neurological conditions including stroke, as an autonomous practitioner and in partnership with the client / carer
• Utilise effective clinical reasoning skills and evidence based practice to develop individual specialist rehabilitation management care plans which address the clients goals and clinical need.
• Use a range of highly specialist clinical assessments and skills to ensure effective treatment
• To monitor, review and continually re-assess clients with complex care plans and objectives, and facilitate modification of packages of care/targets as appropriate to enable achievement of their goals
• To carry out clinical risk assessment and complete risk management plans relevant to the clinical group
• To engage in joint patient assessment/ treatment with more junior staff as need dictates
• To work in a co-ordinated manner, communicating effectively with other team members and the wider clinical network involved in client care
• To provide advice and education to client, carers and relatives based on clinical evidence and identified need
• To provide highly specialist advice & second opinions to more junior colleagues/others regarding the management and care of patients/clients with physical difficulties
• To maintain up-to-date clinical written records and electronic database in accordance with local and professional standards
• To write comprehensive discharge and progress reports to medical referrers.
• Triage referrals into the service to ensure the waiting time for assessment is met, and allocation to appropriate skilled staff.
• To assess for and arrange provision of rehabilitative equipment as required by client.
• To identify and manage where appropriate the mental / emotion health of the client
• To ensure the vocational / occupational needs of the client are effectively addressed in treatment/rehabilitation as appropriate

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

• Recognised Occupational Therapy Degree qualification
• Successful completion of specialist short courses at MSc level, relevant to Neuro rehabilitation.
• Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
• Evidence of leadership development inc: qualification /courses
• Registered member of BAOT specialist Neuro section

Experience

• oMinimum 3 years experience working with adult client group in neurorehabilitation / stroke
• oEvidence of recent Continuing Professional and Personal Development in relation to neurological conditions / stroke
• oProven multi-disciplinary team working
• oExperience in a community setting
• oExperience of supervising and contributing to service development
• oExperience of developing and delivering training packages

Knowledgeand, skills & abilities

• Professional/ Clinical knowledge acquired through training and practical experience
• Experience of developing and using relevant outcome measures
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills - clinical reasoning
• Ability to provide clinical leadership to a team of therapists and assistants and manage through change
• In-depth knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the specialist client group)
• Excellent teaching and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• oAbility to manage poor performance of others
• oExperience of leading clinical audits
• oExcellent awareness of current research into relevant areas

Personal Qualities

• Self-motivated, able to reflect and appraise own performance
• Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Commitment to the principles of reablement and inclusion

Other

• Driving license
• Car owner / access to vehicle for work

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.