Advanced Occupational Therapist - Stroke, Neurology and Rehab
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Job summary
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a passionate and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist with experience in Stroke and Neurology to join our growing team as a Band 7.
As part of your role you will be responsible for a defined area of the stroke service and manage your own caseload working without supervision. Clinical performance review takes the form of regular training, support, clinical supervision and peer review.
Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner
Provide expertise within rehabilitative and neurological occupational therapy to other therapists and multi-disciplinary colleagues, patients and carers through specialist advice and education.
Provide clinical leadership to band 6 & 5 occupational therapists including bank or agency staff and therapy support workers within the specialty through supervision, assessment, education and development.
Lead the supervision and assessment of undergraduate/post-graduate occupational therapy students within own clinical area as required ensuring the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by a degree/higher degree level.
Lead evidence based audit and research projects to further occupational therapy practice, making and acting upon recommendations for changes in practice to improve service delivery including the formulation and implementation of occupational therapy service protocols.
Deputise for therapy team leaders as required
Main duties of the job
Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care
Use highly developed specialist knowledge, skills and training in the occupational therapy management of rehabilitation and neurology patients with acute and chronic conditions including patients in an acute, clinic and community setting.
Be responsible for the delivery of the occupational therapy service to the area co-ordinating, allocating and organising the work of junior and assistant staff to meet service priorities on a daily basis and ensure a high standard of clinical care
Be responsible for the deployment, line management, supervision and co-ordination of staff in the speciality. This includes discussing contentious issues with staff and the daily management of informal disciplinary matters, conflict and disputes
Undertake highly developed specialist assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multiple-pathologies using investigative, analytical, clinical reasoning and assessment skills to accurately diagnose the therapeutic needs of patients. This includes using effective listening skills to receive highly complex and sensitive information from patients/carers.
Formulate comprehensive individual treatment programmes using highly developed specialist skills in assessment, analysis and clinical reasoning, and knowledge of a range of evidence based treatment options.
About us
We are an integrated care organisation with an outstanding reputation for teaching, education, research and innovation. Our 6,600 staff are here for 530,000 local people when they need us.City Hospital in Birmingham is home to the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, and our Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre. It's also the regional base for the National Poisons Information Service. At Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich, you'll find inpatient, paediatrics, most general surgery and our Stroke specialist centre. At the Trust, we also have significant academic departments in cardiology, rheumatology, ophthalmology and neurology. We have intermediate care hubs at Rowley Regis and at Leasowes in Smethwick. Our community teams throughout Sandwell provide integrated services for children in schools, GP practices and at home. They also offer both general and specialist home care for adults in hospices and nursing homes.In 2024 we will open the brand new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital - the perfect demonstration of our vision for the future. And we are investing in far more than buildings.We are dedicated to investing in you. It matters to us that you enjoy the training, support and opportunities you need to fulfil your total potential and build the career you really want.To make that happen, we've trebled our training budget. We've developed new career path frameworks and new ways to recognise your achievements.
Details
Date posted
12 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
381-CT-5293228-C
Job locations
SWB NHS Trust
Sandwell/Birmingham
B71 4HJ
Employer details
Employer name
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
Address
SWB NHS Trust
Sandwell/Birmingham
B71 4HJ
Employer's website
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