Specialist Occupational Therapist - Neurosciences/Stroke

Imperial College Healthcare NHS; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Camden Town seeks an experienced Occupational Therapist to join their dedicated team. The role focuses on providing specialist assessments and managing complex caseloads within neurosciences. Candidates should have a strong supervisory background and a commitment to patient care. This opportunity offers professional development, flexible working, and various on-site benefits.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Car lease options

Qualifications

• Expertise in managing complex patient cases in neurosciences.
• Capable of formulating treatment plans and engaging patients in their care.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and diagnoses.
• Manage own caseload and supervise team workflows.
• Communicate complex findings to patients and obtain informed consent.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Advanced neurological assessment

Clinical reasoning

Evidence-based practice

Team leadership

Education

Qualified Occupational Therapist (Band 6 or Band 7)

Job description

Overview

You will receive regular clinical supervision from a Clinical Specialist OT and professional support and supervision from a Lead OT to support both your clinical and professional development. We actively support continuing personal and professional development through an established performance development review (PDR) system, in-service training and external courses. There are also opportunities to undertake formal postgraduate study.

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care.
• To provide comprehensive and specialist occupational therapy assessment and diagnosis for adults with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced neurological assessment, clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills.
• To work both independently and as team leader, demonstrating professional and clinical leadership to manage the admission and discharge of patients to own and team caseload.
• To formulate and deliver an individualised occupational therapy management programme based on advanced knowledge of evidence-based practice and a wide range of specialist treatment options.
• To communicate complex clinical findings to the patient /carers to gain valid informed consent, prior to any intervention.
• To work within a legal framework for those patients who lack the capacity to consent to treatment.
• To formulate accurate prognoses for a complex caseload and recommend the best course of intervention and developing comprehensive plans for onward referral or discharge.
• To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload and that of the team.
• To engage the patient, family and carers in the planning and delivery of the occupational therapy programme.
• Continued in Job description.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You\'ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Role profile

We are ideally seeking an experienced Band 6 or Band 7 Occupational Therapist, with previous neurosciences experience. This position would be ideal for an OT with prior involvement in service improvement, strong supervisory experience and a genuine desire to forge a career within stroke and neurosciences.

Take the opportunity to be part of our dedicated team where innovation and the desire to make a difference is key.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.