Specialist Occupational therapist Calderdale Stroke ESD
Halifax, England, United Kingdom Temporary Posted 9 hours ago
The Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team (Stroke ESD) facilitates earlier discharge from hospital for stroke survivors, ensuring individuals receive the appropriate intensity of rehabilitation for up to 6 weeks following discharge home from hospital. The pathway consists of Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Specialist Stroke Nurses and Rehabilitation Assistants. There are close links to the Stroke wards at Calderdale Royal Hospital, the Community Rehabilitation team, the local Stroke Association, the Reablement service and exercise on prescription schemes.
The post holder will work within the Stroke ESD pathway providing Specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and rehabilitation for patient’s identified as being suitable for the service.
The majority of clinical work will take place within the patient’s home or temporary residence. However, the post holder will be expected to in-reach to the hospital to help to identify patients who may be suitable for the Stroke ESD pathway, attend multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings on the stroke wards, and to meet potential patients to start goal-setting and care-planning prior to discharge home.
See job description for full detail of the roles and responsibilities of the Band 6 Specialist occupational Therapy post working in Calderdale Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team.
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Georgina Holt Job title: Clinical Lead OT Email address: georgina.holt@cht.nhs.uk
The post holder will work within the Stroke ESD pathway providing Specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and rehabilitation for patient’s identified as being suitable for the service.
The majority of clinical work will take place within the patient’s home or temporary residence. However, the post holder will be expected to in-reach to the hospital to help to identify patients who may be suitable for the Stroke ESD pathway, attend multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings on the stroke wards, and to meet potential patients to start goal-setting and care-planning prior to discharge home.
See job description for full detail of the roles and responsibilities of the Band 6 Specialist occupational Therapy post working in Calderdale Stroke Early Supported Discharge Team.
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Georgina Holt Job title: Clinical Lead OT Email address: georgina.holt@cht.nhs.uk
