Occupational Therapy - Team Leader - North Mersey Stroke Service
The closing date is 20 October 2025
Job summary
Secondment opportunity until September 2026. Split post across acute stroke Aintree and ESD/LSRP BGH
A very rare and excising opportunity has arisen to work with the North Mersey Stroke Service with the acute stroke team and the Liverpool Stroke recovery partnership/ESD team.
You will provide early intervention assessment, treatment planning and rehabilitation to stroke survivors. Patients on the caseload will require creative thinking, problem solving and providing of equipment/adaptations to support them to remain in their own home, adjust to meeting care needs in the community and avoid hospital re-admission or 24hr care.
You will be part of a supportive MDT working alongside medics, AC/ANPs physios, nurses, Speech therapists, dietitians, therapy assistants and assistant practitioners with access to stroke consultants when required.
You will lead a team of OTs providing health and wellbeing support, clinical supervision, appraisal, training and service improvement, Any training you require to fulfil this post will be available to you along with regular supervision from a therapy lead.
Please note this advert will close once the cap of 30 applications has been reached
Main duties of the job
- Expert assessment and rehabilitation of complex stroke patients including the following aspects; neurological assessment and rehabilitation techniques, cognitive assessment and rehab skills, transfer equipment & posture management, splinting, fatigue management, anxiety management and support with returning to drive/work
- Training and support of the Stroke MDT in the management of the complex patient
- Develop and promote the role of the Occupational Therapist within Stroke including service development projects and outcome reporting
- Audit of the service against local and national standards in close partnership with the management team
- Training and support of junior staff members across the stroke pathway
- Senior oversight of a therapy team including aspects such as performance reporting, sickness management and supervision
- Participation in the Stroke Network
- Participation in national audit and research projects
- Ensure adherence to governance processes including datix and complaint investigations
- Support staff with health, wellbeing and sickness management
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Details
Date posted
06 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
9 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
287-DSS-220-25
Job locations
Aintree and Broadgreen
Liverpool
L9 7AL
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Aintree and Broadgreen
Liverpool
L9 7AL
Employer's website
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