Specialist Occupational Therapist - Neurorehabilitation Rotation

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Job summary

Join a leading NHS trust as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist for Neurorehabilitation in a dynamic environment, delivering specialized patient care aiming for recovery. This role offers extensive learning opportunities across multiple sites, focusing on diverse neurological conditions, underpinned by professional support and development. The position also offers a competitive benefits package with flexible working options.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing

Annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• HCPC Member required.
• Significant post registration NHS experience in Neurorehabilitation.
• Evidence of supervising other staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality occupational therapy services to patients with neurological conditions.
• Complete specialist assessments and provide evidence-based interventions.
• Collaborate with patients, families, and the MDT for goal setting.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical theoretical knowledge

Supervision

Patient-centered care

Adaptability

Education

BSc / MSc Occupational Therapy

Post graduate training relevant to Neurorehabilitation

Job description

Main area Neurorehab Occupational Therapy Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (mon-fri 8-4pm) Job ref 236-SCO-P298-25-A

Employer Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Floyd Unit and Salford Royal. Town Salford, Rochdale Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/07/2025 23:59

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Neurorehabilitation Rotation

Band 6

Job overview

Are you an experienced and passionate Occupational Therapist (OT) ready to expand your skills in neuro rehabilitation.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 OT to join our, neuro rehabilitation teams. This is a limited rotational post across our hyper acute, acute, and Intermediate Neurorehabilitation services giving you the opportunity to develop specialist skills across the full rehabilitation in-patient pathway. Our hyper acute and acute services are based at Salford Royal Hospital, close to the centre of Manchester and our Intermediate Neurorehabilitation unit is a standalone unit located in Rochdale, northeast of Manchester. The flexibility to travel across sites is therefore required.

You'll be working with a diverse caseload delivering highly specialist patient centred care to individuals with a range of complex neurological conditions including patients with TBI, ABI and Spinal cord injury as well as patients with Persistent Disorders of Consciousness (PDoC).

You’ll be part of an expanding in-patient Neuro OT network working across the 4 Neuro rehab units operated by the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) with close links with the remaining OTs at the INRU in Trafford. You will also have close contact with the extended OT neuro and trauma OT’s operating from Salford Royal. The opportunities for support, advice training and development is therefore extensive.

If you are interested in this role then please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver high-quality Occupational therapy services for all patients admitted with a Neurological condition.
• Complete specialist assessments and provide evidence-based interventions tailored to patients' needs.
• Contribute to goal setting and discharge planning in collaboration with patients, families and wider MDT.
• Liaise effectively with community services to ensure seamless transitions.
• Support junior staff, students and assistants through supervision and mentoring.
• Participate in audit, service development, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in accordance with trust policies.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our threecore values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Registration / Qualifications

• HCPC Member
• BSc / MSc Occupational Therapy
• Post graduate training relevant to Neurorehabilitation
• membership of relevant specialist interest group

Experience / Skills

• Significant post registration NHS experience in areas relevant to Neuro rehabilitation
• Evidence of wide clinical theoretical knowledge base of Neurological conditions and presentations
• Well-developed communication skills with experience of working with patients with complex communication needs
• Experience of working as part of an MDT
• Experience/invovlement with complex capacity assessments
• Evidence of supervising other staff and students
• Evidence of contribution to service improvement / development
• Awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity within their role
• experience of working with people with cognitive impairment and challenging behaviour
• Bobath introductory module completion

The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified.

For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.

The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here .

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 Kim Cochrane Job title OT Lead for In-patient Neurorehabilitation Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07546656129 Additional information

Kim Cochrane works Mon-Fri 7.30-5.30pm