Specialist Occupational Therapist Inpatient Stroke

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Specialist Occupational Therapist for the Inpatient Stroke team. The role involves supporting clinical leads, managing a specialty caseload, and contributing to service improvement across the stroke ward. Weekend work is required as part of the 7-day service provision.

You will work within the Rehabilitation Team, supervising and educating staff while adhering to Trust policies and governance. NHS experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC.
• Evidence of Postgraduate Training.
• Clinical Educator Training.
• Member of Professional Body.
• Masters level or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Act as a specialist clinician for stroke and neuro patients.
• Manage own specialist caseload.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date records.
• Carry out specialist assessment and treatment to facilitate safe discharges.
• Develop and evaluate individualised treatment programmes and provide specialist advice.

Skills

Stroke rehabilitation

Cognition assessment

Clinical reasoning

Teaching/Presentations

Supervising others

CPD/Reflective Practice

Record keeping

Legislation & NSF awareness

Discharge planning

Autonomous practice

Education

HCPC registration

Postgraduate training

Clinical Educator Training

Member of Professional Body

Masters level or equivalent

Job description

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Occupational Therapist Inpatient Stroke

The closing date is 19 November 2026

A permanent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the Inpatient Therapy Team at CHFT. Successful candidates will support the Clinical Leads and Team Leaders in the delivery of Occupational Therapy interventions across the stroke ward and support in the development of the service and its staff.There will be opportunities to be involved in local and Divisional projects which contribute to the overall vision of the organisation.

Applicants should be aware that we provide a 7 day service provision and the successful candidate would be expected to participate in weekend working as part of their role.

Applicants must have had experience in the NHS at undergraduate or post graduate level.

Main duties of the job

• To act as a specialist clinician for the Occupational Therapy service with stroke and neuro patients, and contribute to evolving and embedding best practice into the clinical areao
• To manage own specialist caseload in this areao
• Work autonomously within Trust policies and professional practice, maintaining accurate and comprehensive up to date recordso
• To carry out specialist assessment and treatment of stroke and neuro patients with the aim of facilitating safe and timely discharges and transfer of careo
• Develop, deliver, implement, evaluate and modify individualised treatment programmes and/or provide specialist advice, ensuring appropriate pathways of care and communication via liaison and referral to other agencies as requiredo
• Take part in the education and training of Occupational Therapists and qualified and non-qualified healthcare/social services/education staff including medical staffo
• To support the Clinical lead in the day to day running of the Rehabilitation Teamo
• To support and advise within the wider MDT on the delivery of the service

About us

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification below for full details about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

• Registered with HCPC
• Evidence of Postgraduate Training
• Clinical Educator Training
• Member of Professional Body
• Studied at Masters level or equivalent

Knowledge, Experience and Expertise

• Recent experience demonstrating ability to assess, treat and evaluate therapy in stroke rehabilitation
• Experience of assessment & treatment of cognitive & perceptual deficit
• Experience of working in acute medicine & elderly specialty
• Good clinical reasoning skills
• Evidence of CPD, self-directed learning and Reflective Practice
• Awareness of relevant Legislation, NSF'S/ Local and National initiatives
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Critical appraisal skills
• Ability to maintain legible and accurate records
• Teaching/Presentation skills
• Experiencing in supervising and training others
• Experience in developing others
• Neurological manual handling skills
• Knowledge of cognition and perception problems
• Recognised course/modules on cognition and perception assessment & treatment
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, NSF's and local/National initiatives
• Attendance at relevant specialist interest groupsExperience in contributing to service improvements e.g. Audit, patient information etc.
• Experience in dealing with complaints (e.g. diffusing complaint or investigating complaint)
• Mental health experience
• Carrying out PDR's
• Relevant Accredited Postgraduate Training
• Previous experience working at Band 6 level
• Manual Handling Facilitator

Communication and Relationships

• Demonstrates positive attitude and behaviours
• Ability to communicate effectively with people with complex difficulties and in difficult situations
• Recognises own limitations and have willingness to share and learn from others
• Ability to concentrate and work in conditions requiring emotional demands
• Ability to identify and articulate own training needs
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently and influence others
• Excellent team player
• Proven ability to work well in a team
• Ability to make decisions and problem solve when dealing with routine situations
• Ability to organise own work and caseload
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and concentrate in conditions requiring emotional demands
• Ability to prioritise own and others caseloads
• Able to fulfil the health requirements of the post as identified in the Job Description, taking into account any reasonable adjustments recommended by Occupational Health.
• Must be eligible to work in the UK.
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.

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.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

£39,959 to £48,117 a yearper annum, pro rata