Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist – Community Neuro Therapies

NHS; Enfield; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to join their expanding community neuro rehab team in Enfield. This role involves providing exceptional therapy to patients with neurological conditions, offering effective supervision, and leading developments within the team. Applicants must possess a recognized degree in Occupational Therapy and notable experience in neuro rehab.

Benefits

In-service team training

External training opportunities

Qualifications

• Recognised diploma / degree in Occupational Therapy required.
• Experience at band 7 or significant experience as band 6 OT in neuro rehab.
• Knowledge of NHS and best practice guidelines for neuro conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard Occupational Therapy care in a community setting.
• Act as a resource for specialist advice to other staff.
• Lead occupational therapy development within the community neuro rehab team.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Problem-solving

Supervision

Teaching

Fluency in English

Ability to handle conflict

Education

Recognised diploma / degree in Occupational Therapy

Post grad/MSc in relevant area (Neurology/elderly care)

Leadership training

Job description

Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist – Community Neuro Therapies

We are a friendly, supportive community neuro rehab team, recently expanded to include Occupational Therapy.We are offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Occupational Therapist who wishes to lead the development of occupational therapy within the community neuro rehab team.

We offer in-service team training, effective supervision and external training opportunities through the Trust.

The services are located near Enfield Town, with easy commuter links from central London/Hertfordshire and proximity to M25.

A car driver is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

To provide a very high standard of Occupational Therapy care to patients under the Neurological rehab team and their carers/family in a community setting, meeting the needs of the multicultural and diverse population.

Together with other senior staff to act as a resource for specialist advice to the rest of the Community rehabilitation and therapy services, and others within wider multidisciplinary services.

See Job description/ Person Spec for full details.

About us

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

Job responsibilities

See job description and person specification attached to this advert.

All details included in document.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Recognised diploma / degree in Occupational therapy
• Evidence of CPD of relevent post graduate training to high level (theoretical and practical)
• Post grad/ Msc in relevent area (Neurology/ elderly care)
• Leadership training

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience at band 7 or significant experience as band 6 OT working in neuro rehab
• Experience of working across OT core areas
• Experience working as part of MDT team in the NHS
• Experience working in the community
• Knowledge of NHS and best practice guidelines related to neuro conditions
• Evidence based occupational therapy practice
• Experience leading a project/ audit
• Knowledge of North Central London partnership working

Skills and Abilities

• Fluent in written and spoken English including the ability to generate letters and reports of a high caliber
• Advanced clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills within adult neurology and other relevant clinical areas
• Ability to deal with difficult situations involving conflict and/or distressed patients/carers/staff
• Ability to supervise and teach
• Ability to prioritise own and others workload within a busy environment

Other

• Car owner/ driver with valid UK driving license with access to car for work use

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.

£51,883 to £58,544 a yearper annum inclusive of outer London higher cost area supplement