Specialist Stroke Occupational Therapist Team Lead

Job summary

The post holder will be required to deliver and lead the Integrated Community Stroke Service (ICSS) providing highly specialist assessment and treatment for adults with stroke across Cornwall.

The Team Lead will ensure all patients with stroke with rehabilitation needs have access to specialist assessment and associated care. Additionally, they will support the Consultant Practitioner for Stroke and the ICSS Manager. They will operationally manage the Locality Team and act as a role model and expert clinical practitioner.

The Team Lead will provide leadership for the specialist stroke team through supervision, training and appraisal alongside professional clinical supervision. They will also lead on clinical governance and service development alongside the Consultant Practitioner in Stroke and in partnership with other clinical leads.

This is a fixed term post for 12 months.

The post is a community based role and applicants must have access to a vehicle which can be used for work purposes. Please note not all office locations or client care bases maybe reached by public transport.

Main duties of the job

Support the Consultant Practitioner for Stroke and the ICSS Manager. They will operationally manage the Locality Team and act as a role model and expert clinical practitioner.

Use expert and advanced clinical reasoning to formulate and deliver an individual Occupational Therapy treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice involving the patient, carer and/or appropriate staff.

Use problem-solving approaches to develop original, effective & efficient recommendations that demonstrate evidence of positive risk taking, for improving the quality of professional practice in unpredictable & normally specialised contexts

Demonstrate technical mastery of complex skills within unpredictable contexts and modify a technique in-action

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live her. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.