Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Spinal Injuries

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Occupational Therapist with a passion for Spinal Cord Injury to join our friendly and supportive Greater Manchester Spinal Cord Injury Outreach Team.

You will work within a highly skilled and motivated MDT including Physiotherapists, Spinal Cord Injury Nurse, Assistant Practitioner, Spinal Cord Injury Psychologist and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Consultant.

Although you will be based at Salford Care Organisation, as a Greater Manchester service you will be expected to support off site visits and reviews with other MDT members.

This is a unique therapy role in that you have the opportunity to work in acute, rehab, community, and outpatient settings, providing and supporting the development of assessment and/or treatment plans for the more complex Spinal Cord Injured individuals.

This outreach role also provides you with the opportunity to teach and share expert knowledge to the wide network of treating therapists and nursing colleagues that manage this patient group, supporting their development and improving service quality. Professional support and development are available via the OT Neurorehab services.

As we are still a young service, you will contribute to ongoing service development and auditing of our service.

We encourage visits and welcome any questions you may have.

Contact Rhiannon.sears@nca.nhs.uk or call 07519617253

Main duties of the job

To take a lead role in the advanced assessment and the treatment of Neurosurgical / Spinal patients, who may have complex and / or chronic presentation. To determine clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.

To be a source of expertise and undertake a significant clinical caseload to a high professional standard, using specialist knowledge from theoretical and practical experience.

To plan, coordinate and evaluate Occupational Therapy service in own work area provided to Neurosurgical / Spinal in-patients on a day-to-day basis, and to cover for any other area with this specific caseload as necessary. To support and lead the Occupational Therapy in the delivery of evidence based and client centred care across the Neurosurgical wards.

To monitor and improve standards of care by efficient use of resources, utilising clinical audit and research within neurosciences.

To take the lead in teaching, training, and supervision of clinicians within the Occupational Therapy service.

To work as an autonomous practitioner being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, managing own caseload and maintaining patient and own records.

To lead assessment, liaison and decision-making processes on behalf of the MDT for patients referred to the service and effectively liaise and communicate with the patient and external agencies.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.