Senior Occupational Therapist - Acute Stroke

Wye Valley Nhs Trust

Hereford

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 48,000

Part time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust seeks a Specialist Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the inpatient Stroke team at Hereford County Hospital. You will assess and treat stroke patients within the MDT, delivering holistic care and supporting recovery across acute and rehabilitation phases.

The post involves working seven days and bank holidays, with opportunities to develop clinical leadership and service development skills within a supportive rural Herefordshire environment.

Qualifications

Degree in Occupational Therapy with HCPC registration.
Postgraduate specialist qualification or significant postgraduate experience.
Experience in NHS inpatient, acute or community settings.
Experience with adaptive equipment and multidisciplinary care.

Responsibilities

Assess and treat stroke patients alongside MDT colleagues.
Provide holistic care and enable recovery within the stroke pathway.
Work in a fast-paced environment with timely assessments and interventions.
Contribute to MDT decision making and service development.

Skills

Therapy skills

CPD

MDT communication

Record keeping

Computer skills

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Postgrad specialist qualification

Job description

Job summary

We are in search of a Specialist Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our inpatient Stroke team, based here at Hereford County Hospital.

The service covers both acute stroke and rehabilitation with the multi-disciplinary team consisting of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants, Nursing, CNS, HCAs . The Occupational Therapists provide holistic patient care and enable recovery. As a service we support you to continue to develop your clinical, leadership and service development skills.

Main duties of the job

The team is part of the stroke pathway which links with the community stroke team.

We provide hyperacute/acute stroke care for people presenting with symptoms of stroke, as well as providing inpatient rehabilitation prior to discharge from hospital.

You will work to best practice guidelines to assess and treat stroke patients alongside MDT colleagues.

You will be able to work at a fast pace to ensure timely assessments / interventions & contribute to MDT decision making.

The service works across 7 days and bank holidays.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
HCPC Registration
Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
Computer Skills including word processing and e‑mail

Experience

Essential

NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address: Hereford County Hospital, Hereford, HR1 2ER, United Kingdom

Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Occupational Therapy Team Lead

Emma White

emma.white@wvt.nhs.uk

01432364111