Job summary
The South Locality of MLCO has an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapy who is driven to work in stroke services in a community settings. This full time role sits in a specialist community stroke team supporting patients following discharge from hospital but also to live with life after stroke. These services deliver short and long term rehabilitation to patients both within their own homes and clinic settings. The teams support patients to achieve their rehabilitation goals and patients present with a range of symptoms. The successful candidate will be supported by highly skilled community stroke therapists that already sit within the services.
The Community Stroke Team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Nurses, Psychologists and rehabilitation and nursing support staff so is a perfect environment to support patients and for clinicians to develop their clinical skills. The service is committed to staff development and the successful candidate would be supported to progress in a wide range of clinical and leadership skills as well as being given the opportunity to support in the development of more junior staff and students.
The service will also consider supporting a secondment if this would be of interest to anyone.
Main duties of the job
- To provide OT assessment and intervention to patients within the specialism of Stroke
- To work with patients and their families to develop evidence based rehabilitation programmes that support patients to achieve their goals and improve their quality of life.
- To work as part of an MDT to support patients rehabilitation agenda in the community.
- To support junior members of staff and students and to work alongside rehabilitation assistants, delegating work appropriately.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable
- Evidence of post graduate training
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration experience
- Evidence of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Supervision and appraisal of junior staff
- Experience of working with Stroke patients
Desirable
- Previous Band 6 experience
- Community experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of Occupational Therapy models
- Ability to undertake appropriate therapy assessments relevant to the clinical speciality.
- Awareness of clinical governance and risk
Desirable
- Knowledge of research & clinical audit
Skills
Essential
- Self-management skills such as time management and
- Good interpersonal & communication skills
- Able to travel around the community settings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- Registered with HCPC
Desirable
- Evidence of post graduate training
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable post registration experience
- Evidence of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Supervision and appraisal of junior staff
- Experience of working with Stroke patients
Desirable
- Previous Band 6 experience
- Community experience
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of Occupational Therapy models
- Ability to undertake appropriate therapy assessments relevant to the clinical speciality.
- Awareness of clinical governance and risk
Desirable
- Knowledge of research & clinical audit
Skills
Essential
- Self-management skills such as time management and
- Good interpersonal & communication skills
- Able to travel around the community settings
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
