Specialist Occupational Therapist - Neurosciences/Stroke

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is looking for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join their specialist rotation in stroke and neurosciences. The ideal candidate will have experience in service improvement and a passion for contributing to patient care. This role offers regular supervision, professional development opportunities, and a supportive team environment. Competitive salary and benefits are included.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate complex information clearly.
• Evidence of post-qualification training relevant to specialist area.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for patient management.
• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessments.
• Formulate management programmes based on evidence-based practice.
• Engage patients and families in therapy planning.

Skills

Knowledge of OT assessments

Experience in stroke rehabilitation

Team collaboration skills

Service development experience

Education

Professional qualification in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust delivers pan London specialist services for stroke and major trauma and hosts an innovative integrated specialist neurological rehabilitation unit in partnership with CLCH community neurological rehabilitation service. Our specialist rotation for Stroke, Neuro-Rehabilitation, Major Trauma and Neurosciences (Neurology & Neurosurgery) currently has a substantive opportunity for a dynamic Band 7 OT in the rotation. There will also be fixed term opportunities within the stroke unit.

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.

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.

Main duties of the job

• 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.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted: 29 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £56,276 to £63,176 a year inclusive

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 290-MIC-1855

Job locations: Charing Cross Hospital, London, W12 0HS

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification - Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Professional qualification in Occupational Therapy.
• HCPC registration.
• Able to communicate complex information verbally and in writing clearly.
• Evidence of Post-qualification training relevant to specialist area.

Desirable

• Member of RCOT Specialist Section - Neurology
• Member of BAOT
• Practice Placement course
• Course in prescription of wheelchairs and seating

Experience

Essential

• Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions in neurological settings, including standardised and non-standardised cognitive assessments, and management of cognitive impairments following neurological injury.
• Significant recent clinical experience in stroke rehabilitation, including complex physical, cognitive, and perceptual impairments, as well as experience with other long-term neurological conditions and post-neurosurgical patients
• Experience working effectively within multidisciplinary teams, including inter-agency collaboration, goal planning, care pathway development, and outcome measurement
• Experience in organising and delivering training for occupational therapists, MDT members, assistants, and students.
• Experience in service development, change management, and implementing evidence-based practice in specialist settings.

Desirable

• Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
• Clinical research experience
• Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address: Charing Cross Hospital, London, W12 0HS

Employer's website: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/