Specialist Occupational Therapist in Stroke

Provide Community; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide CIC in Chelmsford is looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Early Supported Discharge Team delivering community stroke assessment and rehabilitation in the Mid Essex locality. This Band 6, permanent post offers 37.5 hours per week within an MDT team.

You will work across the community pathway, manage a complex caseload, supervise therapy assistants and students, and contribute to service improvement while continuing your professional development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 months post-registration experience (6 months within the UK)
• Experience working with stroke
• HCPC registration
• Qualified Occupational Therapist

Responsibilities

• Work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team within the Early Supported Discharge Team.
• Promote and develop a high-quality OT service in the Mid Essex Stroke rehabilitation service.
• Manage a complex caseload using client-centred, goal-orientated rehabilitation.
• Provide supervision to therapy assistants and OT students.
• Contribute to induction and training for junior staff, therapists, students and carers.
• Engage in Continuing Professional Development.

Skills

Minimum 18 months post-registration

Stroke experience

HCPC registration

Qualified Occupational Therapist

Job description

Work Related Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Main area Occupational Therapist Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full time) Job ref 828-PROVIDE4362. Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Wren House, Hedgerows Business Park Town Chelmsford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/11/2026 23:59

Job Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of stroke skilled professionals working towards creating a seamless end to end pathway for stroke patients. The post holder will be working in the Early Supported Discharge Team working across the community pathway, focusing on the delivery of the ICSS model 2022. The Provide Early Supported Discharge Service provides assessment and rehabilitation to Stroke Survivors in the Mid Essex Locality. We work in partnership with the Acute Stroke Units, Social Care and the Stroke Association providing seamless, high quality stroke rehabilitation to the people in our care. Our Nursing and Therapy teams, supported by Stroke Psychologists provide a progressive service which showcase true multi and interdisciplinary working. Our philosophy is one that encourages staff participation at all levels and identifies opportunities for service and career development. We are looking for a motivated and dynamic Occupational therapist to join our team. If you are passionate about enabling people to regain independence and are a strong team player with a commitment to delivering the highest standard of Stroke Rehabilitation we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team of staff within the Early Supported Discharge Team, providing Community Stroke Assessment and Rehabilitation across the Mid Essex locality.

To promote, maintain and develop a high quality, efficient and effective Occupational therapy service to patients referred to the Mid Essex Stroke rehabilitation service, in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies of the team.

To manage a complex caseload within stroke care using knowledge based clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support assessments using a client centred, goal-orientated rehabilitation programme.

To be an active member of the stroke team and participate in specific clinical projects as agreed and supported by the Team Leader, and to participate in service developments, audit and review of the stroke service.

To provide supervision as required to therapy assistants and occupational therapy students whilst on placement in the service.

To contribute to induction and training for junior staff, therapy assistants, students, other disciplines and carers.

To be actively involved in Continuing Professional Development.

The Early Supported Discharge Team works closely with the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit in Brentwood, and there may be occasions where you are required to provide support and cover to the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit.

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times

Vision

Transforming Lives

Values

Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission

An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups.

Person specification

Work Related Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 18 months’ post-registration experience (6 months within the UK)
• Experience working with stroke
• HCPC registration
• Qualified Occupational Therapist

Desirable criteria

• Community rehabilitation experience
• Member of SIG
• Bridges Training completed

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates good communication skills
• Demonstrates MDT working

Desirable criteria

• Ability to manage conflict

Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Current valid UK driver’s license and access to a vehicle for business use

Further Information

How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
• As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
• If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via [e-mail]
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Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination. We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [e-mail].

Work Trials

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We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators. The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.