Senior Occupational Therapist - Acute Stroke NL
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Looking for an exciting opportunity? Are you looking for a fun, friendly and supportive team, where the patient is at the centre of all interventions and you, as clinician, are supported by the wider team to achieve their individual goals? Do you want to be part of our supportive, dedicated and hardworking team with strong links to the wider therapy community in the region? Are you eager to provide quality therapy interventions and contribute to the service development agenda for Stroke? Are you eager to develop, maintain and continue to add to your wide range of skills in our supportive and integrated therapy team?
Then we could be the team you are looking for....
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a temporary Senior band 6 Occupational therapist to join an established Acute Stroke team in North Lincolnshire, linking in to the wider stroke pathway, assessing individuals on the ward, agreeing goals and devising plans with them to then provide appropriate rehabilitation to facilitate safe discharge and onward referral to a range of destinations. Where the successful applicant does not meet all essential criteria this post may be offered as band 5-6 developmental opportunity.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake comprehensive assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations or multiple pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills, including the assessment of cognitive and perceptual impairment, interpreting these assessments and providing appropriate recommendations.
* Assess and manage clinical risk within own and delegated patients.
* Assess patient understanding of proposals; gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent.
* Represent the Therapy service and/or individual patients at MDT meetings to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated multidisciplinary service.
* Work as a lone practitioner with telephone support from a senior Occupational Therapist if required.
* Be responsible for maintaining accurate, comprehensive patient treatment records in line with COT Standards of Practice.
* To comply with COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and local policies and procedures.
About us
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* State Registered
* Access to transport and the ability to travel within the required geographical area
* Experience and awareness of stroke and neuro rehabilitation
* BAOT membership
* Relevant accredited clinical courses
* Worked in neuro in prior role
Occupational Experience
* Evidence of a range of CPD activities
* Evidence of experience of the DFG process
* Experience of team working
* Evidence of range of clinical experience in the 18 months post qualification
* Evidence of ability to work 1:1 and group
* Experience of supervision of colleagues/students
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.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
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