Occupational Therapist-Integrated Community Stroke Service

3 weeks ago


Pershore, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

If you are a newly qualified OT with a passionfor supporting stroke survivors, we really want to hear from you. We arepassionate about delivering a high-quality Integrated Community Stroke Serviceand improving the quality of life for Stroke Survivors.

An opportunity has become available for a Band5 Occupational Therapist to join our expanding team. If you are a great team player, innovative,an excellent communicator and have perhaps done a community or inpatient strokerehab placement that you really enjoyed, then this might be the role for you.

The job would be part or full time over 7 dayson a rota system covering the county of Worcestershire. We support flexibleworking, and the Trust is excellent in supporting well-being.

As a trustwe offer a robust induction period and continue to promote opportunities fordevelopment through 1:1 supervision session, peer working and in-servicetraining. You will be fully supported by the Clinical Lead for OT, Team Lead,Band 6 OTs and wider team to develop your skills and knowledge in this area.

Main duties of the job

Day to day, you will initially be undertaking comprehensiveassessments of mild-moderate stroke patients, using specialist OT assessmenttools to identify their personalised goals alongside the MDT. Once your skillshave developed, you will also be engaged with the more complex/severe strokesurvivors.

With support, you will start to formulate individualprogrammes of rehabilitation using clinical reasoning and utilising a range oftreatment skills, targeting realistic and measurable, patient-led goals. It isalso expected that you will offer support and education to carers/families.

You will attend the weekly MDT in which the team willdiscuss the progress of patients and identify goals that are achieved andongoing. You will also liaise with other health care professionals within theTrust/Acute Trust and surrounding borders and with third-party serviceproviders.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service

Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)

Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes

Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the roleplease refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Some knowledge of current best practice in Community Occupational Therapy within a Stroke Service Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance. Ability to manage own learning needs.

Desirable

Contribution to audit / service development projects

Skills & Abilities

Desirable

Assessment and treatment planning with stroke patients.

Experience

Essential

Application of the Occupational Therapy process. Use of functional assessment and activity analysis

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/ degree in Occupational Therapy. Health Professionals Council registration I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

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