Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

st georges nhs trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a part-time Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to lead rehabilitation activities in neuroscience. This role involves supporting assessment and discharge planning for patients with complex neurological needs, ensuring high standards of care and effective management of a specialized team. Applicants must have a degree in Occupational Therapy and experience in neurology.

Qualifications

• Registered occupational therapist with substantial experience in neurology.
• Ability to manage complex caseloads effectively.
• Experience in leading a team and supporting junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support occupational therapists in patient rehabilitation.
• Manage highly specialist advice and clinical treatment for neurological patients.
• Facilitate timely discharge planning and referrals.

Skills

Leadership

Assessment skills

Clinical reasoning

Rehabilitation techniques

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Overview

This is a part time job share post which forms part of the Band 7 OT neurology rotation and includes stroke care, inpatient level 1 and 2 rehabilitation across St George’s and Queen Marys Hospitals, acute neurology, neurosurgery, NICU and neuro outreach.

The post is initially based within the Level 1 and 2 neurorehabilitation service at Queen Mary’s Hospital.

Clinical responsibilities

• The postholder leads and supports the occupational therapists in the assessment, rehabilitation, functional retraining, and discharge planning of patients. Given the nature of neurology, patients are often highly complex.

Leadership/workforce management

• The position is highly specialised due to its requirement to provide highly specialist advice and clinical treatment support in the assessment/management of patients with complex neurological needs and assist junior team members to manage their caseloads, clinically reason, complete timely referrals and facilitate discharge planning.
• This post delivers activity in a service with clear specifications around intensity and specialism of rehabilitation as set out by NHS England.
• Efficient and effective management of this highly complex caseload is required to not only optimise patient outcome but to also reduce length of stay in hospital and the costs of long-term care which can only be achieved through sufficient specialist staffing levels.
• Outcomes are recorded and compared nationally through the use of the UKROC.

Tariff and service context

The level 1 inpatient rehabilitation team covers an 8 bedded unit. Staffing levels for a level 1 unit are clearly defined by NHS England and are integral in order to meet the standards for quantity and quality of care provision.

Role specifics

The B7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist role is essential in the delivery of clinical services within neurosciences and neurorehabilitation at St George’s Hospital and Queen Marys Hospital, Roehampton. This post leads the delivery of activity within neurosciences with clear specifications around staffing ratios, timeliness of assessment and intensity of rehabilitation, supporting the occupational therapists in the early assessment, early rehabilitation, functional retraining and discharge planning of patients within neurosciences/neurorehabilitation. The role is essential in order to support/facilitate flow and patient care through clinical pathways and the post supports the delivery of 7 day services.

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification

This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Sep 2025