Job Overview Senior Occupational Therapist – Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team An exciting opportunity has opened to join the Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team at Frimley Park Hospital as a Senior Occupational Therapist. Key Responsibilities Providing high-quality neurological rehabilitation in a community setting Supporting patient recovery at home, reducing hospital stays Supervising and mentoring junior staff and contributing to service development Collaborating with acute care colleagues and the Integrated Stroke Development Network Traveling to patients’ homes and participating in weekend/bank holiday services when needed Ideal Candidate A dynamic and professional Occupational Therapist passionate about stroke rehabilitation Keen to develop neurological and leadership skills A team player with strong communication and patient-centered care skills Able to travel for home visits Why Join Us? Excellent CPD opportunities within the Trust A supportive and cohesive team environment Opportunity to develop expertise in complex care and leadership This is a fantastic opportunity to grow within a leading community stroke rehabilitation service Main duties of the job The Stroke Early Supported Discharge team covers an area of East Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire. Providing intensive stroke rehabilitation to those patients discharged from the acute wards but also from stroke clinics and emergency care. Responsibilities include clinical management of patients and completion of relevant paperwork. To contribute to the continued development and maintenance of efficiency and safety in the Stroke ESD team. To be flexible at times of increased capacity to the service. The Senior OT contributes to the provision, co-ordination, and development of OT services with the OT Team Leaders. Assists in training and supervising of other staff and students and participates in administrative and clinical functions of the Stroke ESD team as a whole. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. Person specification Qualification Essential criteria Degree or Diploma in OT HCPC registration Desirable criteria Clinical educator's course Advanced study in stroke Skills & Knowledge Essential criteria Problem solver Good organisational skills Effective written and oral communication skills Computer literacy Team player - understanding team dynamics Be able to work under pressure Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance Desirable criteria Training and facilitation skills Use of an electronic patient record Experience Essential criteria Broad knowledge of evidence based practice Worked in some of the following areas: acute medicine, Orthopaedics, surgery, elderly care, A&E, neurology, community rehab Experience in treating stroke patients Broad knowledge of health legislation in current practice and clinical governance Risk assessment experience Desirable criteria Experience of research and/ or audit Supervision to support staff and/or students Worked in community based service Special Requirements Essential criteria Must be able to travel between patient visits in the community Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. Apply online now