We have a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapy post on our neuro rotation available for a 9 month fixed term contract or secondment opportunity to provide maternity cover. The neuro rotation provides opportunity to gain experience within an excellent range of clinical settings including neurosciences, stroke rehabilitation, in-patient rehabilitation (Linden Lodge), Reablement team, Neuro Rehab out-patient and Traumatic Brain Injury teams.
This is a very exciting time to become part of Team NUH’s rehabilitation services. NUH will offer rotational opportunities through NRC and clinical staff from Linden Lodge, the current neuro-rehabilitation service, will transition to the NRC when it opens in summer 2025. This role will be temporarily based at our current unit, Linden Lodge at Nottingham City Hospital, until we move and will continue to deliver early, goal-directed rehabilitation to patients transitioning from our regional Neurosurgery, Spinal and Major Trauma Centres. See the NRC website for more details of the centre
The successful candidate will have excellent core occupational therapy clinical skills, previous experience in stroke/neuro, as well as a wide range of clinical experience through other specialities. You will demonstrate a high level of communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.
In this role you will provide occupational therapy for a caseload of complex rehabilitation patients from neurology, neurosurgery, spinal, and major trauma specialities. You will work creatively and collaboratively with the MDT, patients and their families, as well as external agencies. You will work with the occupational therapy and wider multidisciplinary team to ensure effective service delivery, supporting staff and actively developing the service.
You will receive support and training opportunities for you to develop in this role to reach your full potential. This will include peer and senior support, regular supervision, in-house and external training, as well as varied opportunities to engage in wider learning experiences.
The successful candidate will have excellent core occupational therapy clinical skills, previous experience in neurological rehabilitation, as well as a wide range of clinical experience through other specialities. You will demonstrate a high level of communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.
There will be a requirement to contribute to planned weekend and bank holiday rotas
The successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to work flexibly to support the needs of the service as well as other services in the neuro pathway. There will be a requirement to contribute to the planned weekend rotas.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH! We are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
In addition to the summary below, please familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert. You will be required to:
Hold responsibility for your own caseload of patients requiring complex rehabilitation, working without direct supervision.
Contribute to the supervision and education of rotational occupational therapists, student occupational therapists, occupational therapy support staff and generic rehabilitation assistants.
Be professional and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
Undertake specialist assessments of patients with diverse or complex presentations and multi-pathologies using specialist analysis, clinical reasoning skills, manual assessment techniques and listening skills to receive complex and sensitive details from patients to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.
Formulate and deliver specialised occupational therapy treatment programmes based on specialist knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, analysis and reasoning skills and knowledge of a range of treatment options
Be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change.
Communicate complex patient-related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health and social care sectors to ensure delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service and assist in developing comprehensive discharge plans.
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Mar 2025