Occupational Therapist-Community or Inpatient Stroke Service

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

The closing date is 30 June 2024

Job summary

If you are a Band 6 OT looking for a job within the Worcestershire Stroke Pathway, we have jobs available in both our inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Unit based at Evesham Hospital and within our Integrated Community Stroke Service which covers the county of Worcestershire. We are passionate about improving the quality of life for Stroke Survivors.

We can be flexible on this offer in terms of either a static or rotational post within either area, part-time/full-time and would love to hear from Band 6 OTs with experience in stroke services. We can negotiate the length of a rotation if interested in this.

As a trust we offer a robust induction period and continue to promote opportunities for development through 1:1 clinical supervision sessions, peer working and in-service training. We have a well-established stroke pathway and perceive our acute, inpatient and community stroke colleagues as one team, all striving for the best quality of life for our stroke survivors and their families.

Main duties of the job

Day to day, the following applies to both inpatient stroke and community stroke. We can offer this as a static or rotating position. You will be undertaking comprehensive assessments of mild-moderate-severe stroke patients including those with multiple pathologies/co-morbidities, using specialist OT assessment tools to identify their personalised goals alongside the MDT. You will formulate individual programmes of rehabilitation using clinical reasoning and utilising a range of treatment skills, targeting realistic and measurable, patient-led goals. It is also expected that you will offer support and education to carers/families.

You will attend the weekly MDT in which the team will discuss the progress of patients and identify goals that are achieved and ongoing. In the community team you will also participate in referral management which will include the triaging of referrals, liaising with other health care professionals within the Trust/Acute Trust and surrounding borders and third-party organisations.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service

Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)

Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes

Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.

Date posted

13 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9798-0380-B6

Job locations

Queen Elizabeth House

Queen Elizabeth Drive

Pershore

WR10 1PS

Evesham Community Hospital

Waterside

Evesham

Worcestershire

WR11 1JT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide holistic assessment and evidence-based rehabilitation to stroke patients to enable them to achieve their best potential.

Contribute to the development and evaluation of the OT practice provided by the service.

To act as a source of expertise on stroke patients management.

To maintain accurate comprehensive and contemporaneous documentation/patient records in line with legal requirements and Trust guidelines including personally generated clinical assessments/treatment requiring computer skills.

To demonstrate a high level of OT stroke skills.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide holistic assessment and evidence-based rehabilitation to stroke patients to enable them to achieve their best potential.

Contribute to the development and evaluation of the OT practice provided by the service.

To act as a source of expertise on stroke patients management.

To demonstrate a high level of OT stroke skills.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Desirable

Attendance on one or more of the following Bobath Introductory modules, Harrison Perception & Cognition for Healthcare professionals or BrainTree Training cognitive workshops

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/Degree in OT
Post graduate training relevant to the job role
Fieldwork educator qualification within one year of appointment
State registration with HCPC
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with stroke patients
Extensive clinical experience including individual and/or group work
Rehabilitation experience

Skills & Abilities

Desirable

Supervisory/appraisal skills

Person Specification

Knowledge

Desirable

Attendance on one or more of the following Bobath Introductory modules, Harrison Perception & Cognition for Healthcare professionals or BrainTree Training cognitive workshops

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/Degree in OT
Post graduate training relevant to the job role
Fieldwork educator qualification within one year of appointment
State registration with HCPC
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with stroke patients
Extensive clinical experience including individual and/or group work
Rehabilitation experience

Skills & Abilities

Desirable

Supervisory/appraisal skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).