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Specialty Occupational Therapist – Acute Stroke Rehabilitation
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area Specialty Occupational Therapist – Acute Stroke Rehabilitation Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full time, 7 day working.) Job ref 321-MRC-7103005-B6
Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Headington, Oxford Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 17/04/2025 23:59
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 and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
Job overview
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 multi professional 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.
We are seeking Occupational Therapists who are enthusiastic, passionate, and great communicators. We commit to provide learning and development opportunities and support you with regular supervision, peer support and great teamwork.
Main duties of the job
To act as an autonomous practitioner, providing therapeutic interventions of the highest standard, in alignment with national and professional guidelines, working across a range of disciplines and settings, including (but not limited to):
1. To provide specialist Occupational Therapy (OT) assessment, treatment and discharge planning to patients with a stroke diagnosis as an autonomous practitioner.
2. To work effectively with the wider interdisciplinary team (IDT).
3. To clinically supervise junior OT’s, assistants, and students.
4. To assist the Team Lead OT in the provision, monitoring and ongoing development of the service to ensure it continues to meet the needs of the service users and responds to government and trust initiatives.
5. To actively participate in quality improvement, clinical audit and research projects.
Person specification
Qualifications and Skills
* 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, e.g. where there are barriers to communication.
Experience
* Broad range of experience at band 5 level including core areas, such as respiratory, orthopaedics, neurology, older adults.
* 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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