Specialist Occupational Therapist - Acute Stroke/ Brain Injury inGorleston inGorleston PUBLISHED 7 DEC 2023
Stand by, we'll show you...
- To assist in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Therapy Service (Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy) provided to patients admitted with a stroke throughout the Trust on a day-to-day basis. This includes ensuring the teams workload is appropriately prioritised and work is effectively distributed and co-ordinated across the team on a day-by-day basis
- To work with terminally ill and end-of-life patients which can be very emotive at times
- To provide leadership to Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy staff in the Therapy Team. To be responsible for service development within the specialty. To implement policy and policy changes in own clinical area, which affect the whole Therapy Service and the Trust
- To work closely with the multidisciplinary team in order to receive timely, appropriate referrals and use patient information to help prioritise the work
- To develop team goals with the Team Leader and Integrated Therapies Clinical Lead, and support the team in achieving them
- To take the lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have complex and/or chronic presentation, and to determine clinical diagnosis and occupational therapy treatment indicated, and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner
- To actively develop the clinical skills of team members, provide student supervision and mentorship to junior staff
We offer:
Training and development opportunities
- Preceptorship during your first year
- Protected CPD time
- Generous annual leave: 27 days on appointment, 29 days after five years service, and 33 days after 10 years service
- NHS pension scheme
- NHS discounts
- Salary Sacrifice car scheme
- Flexible working options, including nine-day fortnights, part-time working
- Employee celebration - regular staff awards
- International peer support group and celebration events
- Neurodiversity support
- Health and Wellbeing Service, including counselling, physiotherapy, mental health, and menopause support etc.
- Career pathway development, supportive PDP to help you achieve your goals
- Social events
- Long service recognition
- On-site parking
- Single accommodation on site for new staff
- Occupational Therapy specific training in an integrated therapy department
- Recruitment support
- Excellent maternity package
Please see the attached Job Description for more details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Please watch the following videos for an insight into our Integrated Therapies Department:
Landscape version: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnshKnR
Portrait version: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnshKnR
If this advert sparks your interest and you think you fit the bill, we cannot wait to hear from you. Call for a chat or to arrange a visit.
BAND 7 CLINICAL SPECIALIST OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Acute Stroke and Brain Injury
Full time | Permanent
Do you have a
passion for stroke/brain injury
rehabilitation? Are you looking for the opportunity to deepen your knowledge base and expand your skillset as part of a committed and driven team? Are you interested in quality improvement?
We are looking for a therapist with NHS and stroke/brain injury experience to take up this
highly specialist position
, working within the dynamic Stroke Therapy Team in the James Paget University Hospital Stroke Unit.
You will work in a robust multidisciplinary team. The James Paget University Hospital Stroke Unit is commissioned to offer both acute care and rehabilitation, and as such the role provides the opportunity to develop skills in every phase of inpatient stroke rehabilitation, and
joint working
to provide a solid discharge plan. As a Clinical Specialist you would be providing a high standard of care to the more complex patients following stroke and brain injury, facilitating their rehabilitation journey. The role encompasses training and development of junior staff to ensure the provision of high-quality rehabilitation to our patients.
- To assist in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Therapy Service (Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy) provided to patients admitted with a stroke throughout the Trust on a day-to-day basis. This includes ensuring the teams workload is appropriately prioritised and work is effectively distributed and co-ordinated across the team on a day-by-day basis
- To work with terminally ill and end-of-life patients which can be very emotive at times
- To provide leadership to Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy staff in the Therapy Team. To be responsible for service development within the specialty. To implement policy and policy changes in own clinical area, which affect the whole Therapy Service and the Trust
- To work closely with the multidisciplinary team in order to receive timely, appropriate referrals and use patient information to help prioritise the work
- To develop team goals with the Team Leader and Integrated Therapies Clinical Lead, and support the team in achieving them
- To take the lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients within the speciality who may have complex and/or chronic presentation, and to determine clinical diagnosis and occupational therapy treatment indicated, and to maintain records as an autonomous practitioner
- To actively develop the clinical skills of team members, provide student supervision and mentorship to junior staff
We offer:
Training and development opportunities
- Preceptorship during your first year
- Protected CPD time
- Generous annual leave: 27 days on appointment, 29 days after five years service, and 33 days after 10 years service
- NHS pension scheme
- NHS discounts
- Salary Sacrifice car scheme
- Flexible working options, including nine-day fortnights, part-time working
- Employee celebration - regular staff awards
- International peer support group and celebration events
- Neurodiversity support
- Health and Wellbeing Service, including counselling, physiotherapy, mental health, and menopause support etc.
- Career pathway development, supportive PDP to help you achieve your goals
- Social events
- Long service recognition
- On-site parking
- Single accommodation on site for new staff
- Occupational Therapy specific training in an integrated therapy department
- Recruitment support
- Excellent maternity package
Please see the attached Job Description for more details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Please watch the following videos for an insight into our Integrated Therapies Department:
Landscape version: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnshKnR
Portrait version: www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnshKnR
If this advert sparks your interest and you think you fit the bill, we cannot wait to hear from you. Call for a chat or to arrange a visit.
BAND 7 CLINICAL SPECIALIST OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Acute Stroke and Brain Injury
Full time | Permanent
Do you have a
passion for stroke/brain injury
rehabilitation? Are you looking for the opportunity to deepen your knowledge base and expand your skillset as part of a committed and driven team? Are you interested in quality improvement?
We are looking for a therapist with NHS and stroke/brain injury experience to take up this
highly specialist position
, working within the dynamic Stroke Therapy Team in the James Paget University Hospital Stroke Unit.
You will work in a robust multidisciplinary team. The James Paget University Hospital Stroke Unit is commissioned to offer both acute care and rehabilitation, and as such the role provides the opportunity to develop skills in every phase of inpatient stroke rehabilitation, and
joint working
to provide a solid discharge plan. As a Clinical Specialist you would be providing a high standard of care to the more complex patients following stroke and brain injury, facilitating their rehabilitation journey. The role encompasses training and development of junior staff to ensure the provision of high-quality rehabilitation to our patients.
Please wait...this will take a moment...