Specialist Occupational Therapist - Stroke and Rehabilitation

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Job summary

Join the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in Stroke and Rehabilitation. In this Band 6 role, you will assess and manage a complex patient caseload, mentor students, and participate in a 7-day working rota. This is an opportunity to be part of a supportive team dedicated to delivering high-quality patient care with numerous professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Regular training sessions

Clinical supervision

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in Stroke or neurology is essential.
• HCPC registration required for practice.
• Some evidence of clinical training in relevant areas is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and manage a specialist caseload of complex patients.
• Deliver cohesive service ensuring high standard of patient care.
• Mentor students and provide training within the team.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Clinical reasoning

Teamwork

Time management

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Registered with Health and Care Professions Council

Job description

Main area Specialist Occupational Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share

37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday with participation on the weekend rota) Job ref 223-SOT-441

Employer The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site The Princess Royal Hospital Town Telford Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/07/2025 23:59

Specialist Occupational Therapist - Stroke and Rehabilitation

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

We are looking for a highly motivated, innovative and friendly band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Stroke, Rehabilitation and Early Supported Discharge Team at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust.

You will be based at the Princess Royal Hospital Telford covering the inpatient stroke unit.

We are looking for the post holder to have experience in Stroke or neurology. You must have current HCPC registration relevant to this position.

We are looking for someone who is flexible, has good time management skills, works well in a team as well as independently and is able to aid and appraise Band 5’s and Support Worker staff. The post holder would be expected to mentor students by being a practice educator linked with the universities.

We are able to offer patients the opportunity of assessment and treatment over weekends and Bank Holidays and the post holder would be expected to participate in the 7-day working rota for this.

We look forward to meeting you at interview and exploring all the opportunities you will gain by joining us in this exciting and essential role.

Please note you will need to be able to meet the driving requirements for this role.

Main duties of the job

• To assess, diagnose/interpret and manage own specialist caseload of complex patients as an autonomous practitioner in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations.
• To have developed, through experience and postgraduate training, the specialist knowledge and clinical skills required for the post.
• The post holder will work in close co-operation with colleagues within all Care Groups to deliver a cohesive service that is user led ensuring a consistently high standard of patient care, optimal patient flow and safe timely discharge.
• To work closely with team co-ordinators and senior therapists to ensure a robust structure of training, supervision and appraisal is delivered to all members within the team.
• To work closely with team co-ordinators and senior therapists to ensure the delivery of an efficient operational service.
• To act as a source of Specialist advice and support within the Therapy Centre and across the Trust and the wider health economy.
• To have highly effective communication skills and demonstrate these on a continual basis with patients, carers, colleagues and the wider Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT).
• To undertake audit as a part of the role.

Working for our organisation

Our acute stroke service is based at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford. Services include hyper acute and acute stroke care wards. We work closely with our Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team which are based in Shrewsbury and are line managed by the same managers.

We have a strong culture of professional leadership and support. Each profession has a head of profession delivering local, regional and national professional strategy. This includes AHP’s into action, job planning, electronic rostering, electronic data capture, quality improvement strategy, and representation at internal and external meetings raising the profile of Therapies at all times.

We are a friendly, supportive and welcoming team consisting of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and our therapy support worker team. We as a team strive for clinical excellence and are motivated for service improvement and people development. We are invested in our team and so offer regular in-service training sessions and external training opportunities, as well as regular clinical supervision by our experienced clinical leads.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree in occupational therapy
• Registered with Health and Care professional Council
• Some evidence of clinical training in relevant areas e.g. Medical, Neurology including Stroke
• Evidence of broad range of pre and post qualification experience
• Evidence of experience in relevant area of clinical practice
• Previous experience working as a Band 5 OT
• Evidence of teaching/ student experience
• Participated in audit and research
• NHS experience in Stroke and Rehabilitation

Knowledge

• Evidence of CPD detailing clinical experience relevant to the post
• Evidence of specialist level of clinical reasoning

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to develop leadership ability

Other

• Ability to meet the travel requirements

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If successful, by completing your application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.

If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

If you require the application form in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team on 01743 492402.

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.

Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.

We commit to removing barriers for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions in recruitment, training, and career progression. We will offer an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.

We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust are committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

We are committed to making the Trust a great place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential and bring their whole self to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an Ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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.

Application numbers

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.

Name Fiona Carver Job title Therapy Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01952 641222 Additional information

01952 641222 ext 4101

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