The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle Community Stroke Services is an innovative, award winning Multi-Disciplinary Team committed to delivering high quality community-based stroke rehabilitation for adults. We are part of a well-established integrated stroke pathway ensuring high quality stroke care from acute admission, inpatient rehabilitation to home. We are constantly evolving our practice to provide evidence based therapeutic interventions and use patient and carer feedback to develop rehabilitation pathways that meet our patient's needs. We are ready to welcome an enthusiastic, creative and dynamic new Specialist Occupational Therapist to our team.
We are a supportive team, dedicated to improving the outcome for stroke patients and provide support for their significant others. We provide education, information and promote self-management skills to complement the patient's individual rehabilitation journey.
* Interview Date: Tuesday 17 December 2024
* 22 hours 30 minutes/week
Main duties of the job
You will have experience of stroke rehabilitation and be competent in specialist assessment and treatment techniques such as normal movement approach, upper limb therapy and cognitive rehabilitation. You will have a robust knowledge about stroke related disability and the psycho-social impact of this on function. You will be a flexible and creative practitioner, able to develop and carry out Occupational Therapy intervention plans to meet the rehabilitation needs for patients who present with varied and complex sequelae of stroke. All team members take an active role in secondary prevention and healthy lifestyle advice and support for our patients.
You will be required to provide in-reach work into the acute and stroke rehabilitation wards to promote an integrated and seamless stroke journey for patients who have experienced a sudden change in function and level of independence.
You will need to effectively manage your caseload autonomously and be effective in time and resource management. You will be required to drive to patient's homes and occasionally deliver small pieces of equipment.
Job responsibilities
* You will be responsible for supervising and appraising rehabilitation assistants and Occupational Therapy students.
* You will be committed to CPD, audit and service improvement and participate in supervision, appraisal and training opportunities.
* You will be expected to participate in our weekend on call service (approximately 1 in every 8 weeks) and cover some bank holidays on a rotational basis.
* You will join the team as a Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist working closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues to deliver client-centered stroke rehabilitation in people's homes or other community-based settings.
* To provide a high standard of occupational therapy care to complex and highly complex patients within Community Stroke Services evidencing high level problem solving, reasoning skills and independence of judgement.
* To provide day to day supervision of junior and support staff and students working in the specialist area.
* To provide an in-reach service to acute and rehabilitation in-patient settings to provide screening assessment to determine which patients are appropriate for the service and co-ordinate and support a safe transfer home.
* The specialist practitioner is the clinical lead for the Occupational Therapy Service within Community Stroke Services providing highly specialist knowledge within the Trust and externally to therapists and other health care professionals from secondary and primary care.
Person Specification
KNOWLEDGE
* In-depth clinical knowledge of medical conditions / stroke and their effect on occupational performance.
* Highly developed understanding of OT process within community setting.
* In-depth knowledge of health and social care policy, risk assessment and management.
* Extensive knowledge of a range of disability equipment.
* Extensive knowledge of eligibility criteria and procedures/policies relevant to disability equipment, minor housing adaptations.
* Highly specialist knowledge of moving and handling legislation and knowledge of current moving and handling best practice and associated equipment.
* Excellent understanding of professional ethics and their application into practice.
* Good knowledge of clinical governance.
* Evidence of CPD.
* Knowledge of undertaking research and audit projects.
* Knowledge of team dynamics and team building.
SKILLS
* Good organisation, time management, problem solving and prioritisation skills.
* Supervisory, team management skills.
* Ability to work as part of a team.
* Commitment to personal and service development.
* Effective written and oral communication skills.
* Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
* Car Driver.
EXPERIENCE
* Significant post-registration experience including experience within stroke and physical health.
* Use of functional assessment and activity analysis.
* Experience of working with patients with physical disability e.g. stroke and reduced mobility.
* Experience in supervising staff.
QUALIFICATIONS
* Degree/Diploma in OT.
* State registered with Health Professions Council.
* Member of BAOT.
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.
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