Specialist Occupational Therapist, Neuro Rotation
Come and join our Band 6 Occupational Therapy neuro rotation! This is a full time, permanent post. The rotation offers an exciting range of clinical areas to gain a broad range of experience and learn new skills. The rotation includes in patient stroke rehabilitation, regional specialist neurology and neurosurgical wards, neuro out patient rehabilitation, Reablement team, and the National Rehabilitation Centre. See the website for details about the newly opened National Rehabilitation centre www.nationalrehabilitationcentre.nhs.uk.
This post provides the opportunity to have a positive impact on people's lives through being part of their rehabilitation journey. You will be well supported by teams of experienced and knowledgeable clinicians.
The successful candidate will have excellent core occupational therapy clinical skills, previous experience in stroke/neuro, as well as a wide range of clinical experience through other specialities. You will demonstrate a high level of communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team.
You will receive support and training opportunities for you to develop in this role to reach your full potential. This will include peer and senior support, regular supervision (1:1 and group), in-house and external training, as well as varied opportunities to engage in wider learning experiences.
In this role you will provide occupational therapy for a caseload of patients requiring neurological rehabilitation. You will work creatively and collaboratively with the MDT, patients and their families, as well as external agencies. You will work with the occupational therapy and wider multidisciplinary team to ensure effective service delivery, supporting staff and actively developing the service.
There will be a requirement to contribute to planned weekend and bank holiday rotas.
The successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to work flexibly to support the needs of the service as well as other services in the neuro pathway. Candidates will need to hold a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle in order to be able to complete community/domiciliary visits within the out patient and Reablement teams.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Baker Job title: Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist Email address: emma.baker92@nhs.net Telephone number: 07812 269759
Please do contact us to discuss any queries you may have about this role. We look forward to hearing from you.
