Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Spinal Injuries

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Occupational Therapist with a passion for Spinal Cord Injury to join our friendly and supportive Greater Manchester Spinal Cord Injury Outreach Team.

You will work within a highly skilled and motivated MDT including Physiotherapists, Spinal Cord Injury Nurse, Assistant Practitioner, Spinal Cord Injury Psychologist and Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Consultant.

Although you will be based at Salford Care Organisation, as a Greater Manchester service you will be expected to support off site visits and reviews with other MDT members.

This is a unique therapy role in that you have the opportunity to work in acute, rehab, community, and outpatient settings, providing and supporting the development of assessment and/or treatment plans for the more complex Spinal Cord Injured individuals.

This outreach role also provides you with the opportunity to teach and share expert knowledge to the wide network of treating therapists and nursing colleagues that manage this patient group, supporting their development and improving service quality. Professional support and development are available via the OT Neurorehab services.

As we are still a young service, you will contribute to ongoing service development and auditing of our service.

We encourage visits and welcome any questions you may have.

Contact Rhiannon.sears@nca.nhs.uk or call 07519617253

Main duties of the job

To lead and complete complex/advanced assessments of Spinal Cord Injury patients in a range of clinical settings with the MDT. To develop treatment plans, recommend where rehabilitation is required, commence the rehabilitation process, support patient flow, and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.

This will primarily be for patients at Salford Care Organisation on our Critical Care, Trauma, Neurosurgical and Spinal wards. But will also include off site assessments and support for patients in other hospitals, rehab facilities and community settings in Greater Manchester.

To be an expert in the holistic assessment of needs of Spinal Cord Injury patients. To lead the assessment, liaison and decision-making process on behalf of the MDT, and effectively liaise and communicate with the patient and external agencies as needed.

To be a source of expertise in Spinal Cord Injury and utilising knowledge in teaching and education at Salford Care Organisation and Greater Manchester. This will involve formal and informal teaching alongside the wider MDT including our annual study day.

To support and lead the Occupational Therapy teams in the delivery of evidence based and client centred care within the speciality of Spinal Cord Injury.

To monitor and improve standards of care by efficient use of resources, utilising clinical audit and research within Spinal Cord Injury with the MDT.

To work as an autonomous practitioner being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, managing own caseload and maintaining caseload and own records.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.