Band 6 Specialty Occupational Therapist – Acute Stroke Rehabilitation
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Occupational Therapist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full time, 7 day working)
Job ref: 321-MRC-6872703-B6
Site: John Radcliffe Hospital
Town: Oxford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 22/01/2025
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our well-established Acute Stroke Occupational Therapy Service.
The Acute Stroke Unit (ASU) at the John Radcliffe Hospital is a 22-bed unit and works as a cohesive multiprofessional team (MDT), delivering hyper-acute and acute services to stroke survivors to maximise recovery, patient experience and quality of life. The ASU MDT consistently scores grade A for quality outcomes in SSNAP and provides services over a seven-day period.
This is an ideal opportunity for those with Band 5 level experience to progress working in the specialty of neurological rehabilitation or those who are already working as a Band 6 seeking to gain more specialist experience.
As part of a MDT, you will manage a varied caseload and plan and undertake specialist Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions.
We support staff to protect a proportion of their time for CPD, clinical audit, quality improvement and service development projects. This role provides a great opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
1. To act as an autonomous practitioner, providing therapeutic interventions of the highest standard.
2. To provide specialist Occupational Therapy (OT) assessment, treatment and discharge planning to patients with a stroke diagnosis.
3. To work effectively with the wider interdisciplinary team (IDT).
4. To clinically supervise junior OTs, assistants, and students.
5. To assist the Team Lead OT in the provision, monitoring and on-going development of the service.
6. To actively participate in quality improvement, clinical audit and research projects.
Person specification
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council
* Evidence of continuing professional development - post graduate level
* Able to present information, written and verbal, in a clear and logical manner
* Able to communicate complex and sensitive information
* Broad range of experience at Band 5 level including core areas
* Experience of managing a complex varied caseload
* Broad understanding and application of clinical governance in Occupational Therapy practice
* Knowledge and application of outcome measures in stroke care
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