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East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapist in Stroke

The closing date is 22 August 2025

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Job summary

Due to increased investment in stroke services we are expanding our team at EKHUFT. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapists with a passion for working in stroke services to support our Stroke Therapy Team and provide highly specialist service delivery for our patients.We take pride in the work we do to support people who have had a stroke to reach their full potential. Are you looking for the next challenge in your career? If so, this is a great opportunity to play a key role in developing our expanding stroke services in East Kent - currently based at Kent and Canterbury Hospital and moving to William Harvey Hospital in 2027. The increased investment in our services has resulted in a substantial increase in our workforce which will enable us to deliver a holistic, forward-thinking service over seven days.We are a friendly, hard-working team who get together regularly for team meetings, clinical supervision and CPD. We provide high-quality therapy care across our stroke wards and within the trust, we are part of a wider Therapy team spread across three acute sites.This is an excellent opportunity to join a motivated and progressive stroke therapy service who are continuously striving towards best-practice care. We are passionate about providing high quality care for our patients.

Main duties of the job

  • Assist Therapy Team Leaders and Band 7 Therapy Team in the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Therapy service provided to patients within stroke service on a day-to-day basis.
  • To manage a clinical caseload using evidence-based assessments, treatment and discharge planning to patients within the clinical speciality.
  • To work as part of an MDT and provide highly specialised therapy advice to members of the MDT.
  • To deputise for the Band 7 Occupational Therapist on clinical and managerial duties within the team.
  • To participate in 7-day services.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

344-7028DCB

Job locations

Kent and Canterbury

Ethelbert Road

Canterbury

CT1 3NG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 18 months post graduate experience in relevant clinical area
  • Proven record of providing high quality intervention for high risk patients
  • Experience of Working with stroke/neurologically impaired patients as a Band 5
  • Experience of working in an acute hospital environment

Desirable

  • Use of outcome measures
  • Involvement in audit/service development projects
  • Experience in supporting students

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Evidence of developed clinical skills in stroke
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Evidence of up to date therapeutic moving & handling skills
  • Evidence of involvement in complex/ multifactorial discharge planning including home assessment and environmental set up
  • Evidence of the use of standardised cognitive assessments to document change in status
  • Basic IT skills

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE and CQC
  • Knowledge of up to date clinical / evidenced based practice within clinical speciality

Desirable

  • Awareness of National Clinical Stroke Guidelines 2023

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc Occupational Therapist
  • HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Member of RCOT
  • Member of relevant special interest group.

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice.
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Team worker

Ability to manage

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures.
  • Ability to cope with change and use initiative

Other

Essential

  • To be aware of and adhere to the Trust's Vision, Mission and Values.
  • Able to travel around East Kent, and between Trust hospital sites

Desirable

  • Valid UK Driving Licence
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 18 months post graduate experience in relevant clinical area
  • Proven record of providing high quality intervention for high risk patients
  • Experience of Working with stroke/neurologically impaired patients as a Band 5
  • Experience of working in an acute hospital environment

Desirable

  • Use of outcome measures
  • Involvement in audit/service development projects
  • Experience in supporting students

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Evidence of developed clinical skills in stroke
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Evidence of up to date therapeutic moving & handling skills
  • Evidence of involvement in complex/ multifactorial discharge planning including home assessment and environmental set up
  • Evidence of the use of standardised cognitive assessments to document change in status
  • Basic IT skills

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE and CQC
  • Knowledge of up to date clinical / evidenced based practice within clinical speciality

Desirable

  • Awareness of National Clinical Stroke Guidelines 2023

Qualifications

Essential

  • BSc Occupational Therapist
  • HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Member of RCOT
  • Member of relevant special interest group.

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice.
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Team worker

Ability to manage

Essential

  • Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures.
  • Ability to cope with change and use initiative

Other

Essential

  • To be aware of and adhere to the Trust's Vision, Mission and Values.
  • Able to travel around East Kent, and between Trust hospital sites

Desirable

  • Valid UK Driving Licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kent and Canterbury

Ethelbert Road

Canterbury

CT1 3NG


Employer's website

https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kent and Canterbury

Ethelbert Road

Canterbury

CT1 3NG


Employer's website

https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Therapy Lead for Stroke, EKHUFT

James Sampson

james.sampson@nhs.net

07814596482

Details

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

344-7028DCB

Job locations

Kent and Canterbury

Ethelbert Road

Canterbury

CT1 3NG


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