Job summary
Previous applicants need not apply**
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist to join Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's Adults and Specialist Rehabilitation (ASR) services. This varied and challenging role allows you to work across inpatient and community settings, supporting teams during vacancies, maternity leave, or high demand.
You'll deliver high-quality assessments and interventions across diverse services including the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre (specialist clinics, amputee rehab, wheelchair/posture services) and Moseley Hall Hospital (neurological rehab, stroke units, outpatient brain injury care, and early supported discharge).
Therapy may be delivered at service bases, client homes, or in the community across Birmingham and the West Midlands. Some roles involve independent travel and extended driving.
This is a great chance to gain broad clinical, organisational, and leadership experience in specialist rehabilitation. Candidates must have clinical experience in neurology and complex disability assessment, be flexible, and ready to adapt quickly to new environments. Strong knowledge of current clinical practices, excellent time management, and a full driving license are essential.
Main duties of the job
This peripatetic role supports rehabilitation services within the Adult and Specialist Rehabilitation (ASR) Division, which serves Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.
You'll work within interdisciplinary teams to assess clients with complex needs--physical, cognitive, social, and psychological--across various environments. You will evaluate rehabilitation, social, and care needs, formulating evidence-based interventions in collaboration with clients, carers, and other professionals.
On inpatient neuro-rehabilitation units and within the Birmingham Neuro-Rehabilitation Team, you will act as key worker for a caseload, coordinating outpatient programmes and serving as the main contact for clients, carers, and external agencies.
Effective communication is essential, requiring you to use a range of techniques to motivate, persuade, and reassure clients and stakeholders. The role involves close liaison with both internal and external professionals.
You will also provide supervision and support to junior staff, therapy assistants, and students, depending on the service area you are working in.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
All services are provided by teams of clinical professionals and support staff who aim to provide personalised, integrated services that best meet the needs of individual patients and their careers and assist them in managing their physical, cognitive, emotional and social disabilities.
For further information please contact Ruth Banner Clinical Specialist OT on 0121-4666-6590.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
All services are provided by teams of clinical professionals and support staff who aim to provide personalised, integrated services that best meet the needs of individual patients and their careers and assist them in managing their physical, cognitive, emotional and social disabilities.
For further information please contact Ruth Banner Clinical Specialist OT on 0121-4666-6590.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
Desirable
- Relevant nationally recognised post-graduate training
- Member of relevant clinical interest group.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience as junior therapist/student to establish core OT skills & team working (acute, community & rehab
- Assessment & prescription of ADL equipment.
- Assessment & treatment of patients with complex disability, including neurological and deteriorating conditions
- Core / Basic IT skills; Word, Outlook, Excel.
Desirable
- Familiarity of Postural management systems (wheelchairs and special seating systems ( or willing to learn) and the assessment & treatment of patients with amputations.
- Supervisory experience of students
- Participation in service developments; project, audits
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the OT process & ability to use specific OT modalities.
- Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills, for patients with neurological problems.
- Ability to manually handle patients and / or equipment safely, to attain positioning necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessment / treatments.
- Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
- Evidence of good organisational skills, including prioritisation of workload and time management skills
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills for patients with amputations , postural and wheelchair needs.
- Ability to demonstrate splinting skills with thermoplastics and casting skills (or prepared to develop these skills).
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrate flexibility within the changing NHS environment.
- Demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
- Willing to develop new skills as the services develop.
Other job requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel and access various work locations (eg. home visits). Must be car driver and have access to a vehicle for the community based services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Graduate Dip OT / Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- HCPC Registered
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.
Desirable
- Relevant nationally recognised post-graduate training
- Member of relevant clinical interest group.
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience as junior therapist/student to establish core OT skills & team working (acute, community & rehab
- Assessment & prescription of ADL equipment.
- Assessment & treatment of patients with complex disability, including neurological and deteriorating conditions
- Core / Basic IT skills; Word, Outlook, Excel.
Desirable
- Familiarity of Postural management systems (wheelchairs and special seating systems ( or willing to learn) and the assessment & treatment of patients with amputations.
- Supervisory experience of students
- Participation in service developments; project, audits
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the OT process & ability to use specific OT modalities.
- Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills, for patients with neurological problems.
- Ability to manually handle patients and / or equipment safely, to attain positioning necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessment / treatments.
- Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
- Evidence of good organisational skills, including prioritisation of workload and time management skills
Desirable
- Ability to demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning/problem solving, development skills for patients with amputations , postural and wheelchair needs.
- Ability to demonstrate splinting skills with thermoplastics and casting skills (or prepared to develop these skills).
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrate flexibility within the changing NHS environment.
- Demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
- Willing to develop new skills as the services develop.
Other job requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel and access various work locations (eg. home visits). Must be car driver and have access to a vehicle for the community based services.
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).
