Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and driven Occupational therapist to join the Acute Therapies Neurology Team at Ealing Hospital.

You will work closely with a team of two physiotherapists and a therapy technician to deliver specialist therapy services for patients with Neurological conditions, admitted at Ealing Hospital. You will be an essential part of the large multidisciplinary team and part of the wider inpatient therapy team. This well-established team works closely with counter parts in Neuro Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy services at Northwick Park Hospital to innovate, share knowledge and embed good practice.The successful applicant will have significant experience at band 6 level in occupational therapy treatment/ management of Neurology conditions and be able to demonstrate leadership qualities and management acumen.

You will be supported in your development by the Clinical Specialist Occupational therapist at Northwick Park Hospital and you will be working closely with other therapists, social workers and intermediate care teams. You will be required to work in conjunction with the Team lead at Ealing Hospital to develop and support the rest of the team.

At LNWUH NHS Trust we are committed to delivering top-quality patient care, excellent education and research.

We would consider a competency based developmental position for a Band 6 working towards a band 7 role.

Main duties of the job

As an autonomous practitioner to assess and treat own case load and provide a highly specialist neurology OT service to patients.

To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), assessing and treating patients with highly complex neurological disability and maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records.

To be a clinical lead for the inpatient Neurology Occupational Therapy (OT) service

To work closely with the cross-site Head of Inpatient OT and the Clinical Lead for Inpatient Services to support the development of the Neurology OT Service.

To contribute to the management of all aspects of the Neurology Inpatient OT Service. This includes prioritising and organising all referrals to the neurology service and allocation of patients.

To be responsible for the development and appraisal of the team members, including specialist rotational OTs, juniors, and students.

To regularly provide formal and informal, on-going training and education to OT staff, other healthcare professions and students.

To engage in own continued professional development (CPD) and service development.

To take a lead on clinical audit within the team and undertake research.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.