Senior Occupational Therapist - Acute Stroke (Fixed Term)

Wye Valley; Hereford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking a Specialist Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the inpatient stroke service at Hereford County Hospital. The role covers acute stroke and rehabilitation within a multidisciplinary team, with weekend working rota and part-time hours.

You will contribute to timely assessments, MDT decision making and service development, supported by a commitment to CPD and professional registration.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
• HCPC Registration.
• Experience in NHS inpatient acute or stroke settings is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat stroke patients alongside MDT colleagues in fast-paced settings.
• Contribute to MDT decision making and care planning.
• Deliver timely interventions across hyperacute/acute stroke and inpatient rehabilitation.
• Maintain records and communicate effectively with the team.

Skills

Broad specialist knowledge

Therapy skills

CPD commitment

Multidisciplinary communication

Word processing & email

Education

Professional qualification to degree level in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Job description

Senior Occupational Therapist - Acute Stroke (Fixed Term)

Band 6

Main area OT Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (maternity cover) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Weekend Working rota in place for acute stroke) Job ref 229-IC-8324019

Site Hereford County Hospital Town Hereford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

Due to maternity leave an exciting opportunity has become available for 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.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• 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

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

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 Emma White Job title Occupational Therapy Team Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01432 364111 Additional information

Rose Considine

Clinical Specialist Physiotherapy Team Lead - Acute Stroke

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