Rotational Occupational Therapist - Neurology (Band 6) - Occupational Therapy - Buckinghamshire[...]

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Join the Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust as a Rotational Occupational Therapist in Neurology. This role involves providing high-level care for stroke patients while working collaboratively with a dynamic multidisciplinary team. The position offers a flexible part-time schedule, under a fixed-term contract during maternity cover, with opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous annual leave entitlement

NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance including quality and risk management.
• Experience managing a caseload and interacting within a multidisciplinary team.
• Evidence of commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Participate in complex rehabilitation and contribute to patient treatment plans.
• Conduct advanced and comprehensive patient assessments in specialized areas.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to set goals and discharge plans.

Skills

Clinical Reasoning

Patient Assessment

Communication

Team Collaboration

Education

Diploma / Degree in Occupational Therapy

Current registration with Health Professions Council

Job description

Rotational Occupational Therapist - Neurology

Band 6

Main area Occupational Therapy Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 11 months (Maternity cover to May 2026) Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

22.5 hours per week Job ref 434-CR7275588

Site Wycombe Hospital Town High Wycombe Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/07/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Come and Join Us!

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about Neurology and Stroke treatment and ready to put their ideas into action with the dynamic current team for maternity cover until May 2026 at Wycombe hospital on Hyperacute and Acute Stroke units.

We will ALSO accept Band 5s with experience in Acute Stroke.

There maybe a permanent post after this time.

The permanent post is 8 month Neurology rotations through the:

• Stroke team at Wycombe Hospital on Hyperacute and Acute Stroke units
• Buckinghamshire Neuro Rehabilitation and Wheelchair service at Amersham Hospital
• Early Supported Stroke team in the Buckinghamshire community
• Urology, Cardiology and Day assessment rotation at Wycombe hospital to maintain medical skills.

The Occupational Therapy Neurology team provides high quality stroke, medical assessment and acute rehabilitation with a Clinical specialist 8a Occupational Therapists, Band 7 Advanced Occupational Therapists, Band 6 Seniors, Band 5s, assistants and rehab engineers and has gained an A rated SSNAP score consistently for high quality!

You will work in our multidisciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Nurses and Speech and Language Therapists, setting goals, discharge plans, group work, home visits and liaising with other professionals and carers.

This is a very friendly, supportive and dynamic team with regular integrated individual supervision, appraisal, CPD, use of outcome measures and in service training.

Main duties of the job

• To participate within complex rehabilitation and contribute to its function.
• To undertake assessments of patients with complex and diverse presentations.
• To undertake advanced, comprehensive, and where applicable, standardised assessments within the specialised clinical areas.
• To use clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of evidence based practice to determine treatment plan using a wide range of treatment skills and options.
• To analyse and interpret clinical and non-clinical information to form an accurate diagnosis in a wide range of conditions, with guidance from specialist Occupational Therapists when appropriate.
• To demonstrate highly developed assessment and therapeutic skills necessary for the treatment of patients.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

• Able to apply a range and depth of knowledge to the specialist clinical area of post
• Able to make sound clinical decisions based on knowledge/experience and utilize advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Able to carry out a range of assessments and procedures in order to make clinical assessments and diagnosis
• Able to carry out manual therapy techniques and therapeutic handling, requiring skilful and strenuous physical effort during the day
• Awareness of limitations of own professional abilities
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication to ensure liaison with multi-disciplinary team, patients and carers to ensure records and reports are accurate, legal and in legible manner (in English)
• Ability to integrate, participate and contribute as an effective member of a team
• Ability to self-direct towards the attainment of clear goals
• Ability to prioritise tasks and functions against well-reasoned standards
• Positive response to constructive criticism
• Ability to plan, manage and organise required tasks within available resources (including time)
• Use of and/or knowledge of POMR record keeping
• Knowledge of Current related legislation (H&S, Data P. Act, etc)
• Commitment to equal opportunities and antidiscriminatory practice
• Understand how to maintain confidentiality, privacy and dignity of patients
• To demonstrate appropriate level of assertiveness
• Able to be empathetic and handle difficult or emotional situations, using judgement to determine optimal intervention
• To have strategies for dealing with stressful interpersonal situations and frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions

Experience

• Previous experience of a broad rotational scheme including neuro
• Attendance at post graduate courses in related fields and demonstrates reflective learning
• Knowledge of areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management
• Experience of managing own caseload and prioritizing
• Ability to work and interact effectively within an interdisciplinary team and contribute to decision making
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development, and reflective practice
• Knowledge and application of evidence based practice and clinical reasoning
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development and reflective practice
• Establish and maintain CPD Portfolio
• Knowledge of areas of influence of psychosocial and cultural factors on health/illness behaviours
• Experience in supervision of students and junior staff
• Participation in audit, research activities and development activities
• Experience of undertaking Senior (Band 6) role
• Demonstration of having initiated change of practice or process
• Experience in student clinical supervision

Education, Qualifications & Training

• Current registration with Health Professions Council
• Diploma /Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of CPD in the form of a detailed personal development portfolio
• Specific formal courses appropriate to post speciality
• Membership of professional special interest group
• Field work/clinical educators’ course

Special Circumstances

• Able to fulfil the physical demands of the role subject to reasonable adjustment under the terms of the Disciplinary Discrimination Act 1995
• Ability to participate in seven day working
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service

PPE requirements:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Charlotte Slinger Job title Head Occupational Therapist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07979655453 Additional information

Victoria Pearce - Clinical specialist Occupational Therapist for Neuro - 07966135167