Job summary
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated neuro-Occupational therapist to join our stroke and neurology outlier team at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. The successful candidate will lead on the stroke unit and support the Neuro outlier team.
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced neuro Band 7 Occupational therapist who is looking for new challenge or would like to further specialise in this clinical area.
Main duties of the job
To lead the Occupational Therapy Team for the Acute Stroke Unit and neuro outlier caseload. The Occupational therapy is an integral part of an intradisciplinary team, providing patient centred care and management to in-patients at various stages of acute therapy assessments and/or acute rehabilitation.
To undertake Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist role in leading, planning, coordinating and delivering the inpatient Occupational therapy service for ASU and neuro outliers' caseload alongside Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
To lead/co-lead in the planning, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the service, participating in the design and implementation of occupational therapy and/or multidisciplinary research, audit and policy.
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For full job details/description and main responsibilities please refer to attached Job description and person specification document
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full job details/description and main responsibilities please refer to attached Job description and person specification document
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- oRegistration with the Health Professions Council.
- oUndertaking higher degree/courses relevant to the area of practice
Desirable
- o Member of the Royal college of Occupational therapy and relevant Clinical Interest Group
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oAble to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, staff and senior managers within the Trust and across other organisations.
- oSkilled in leading, motivating and influencing a team
- oHighly developed problem-solving skills for highly complex situations, which may include clinical or organizational issues.
- oHighly developed clinical reasoning skills.
- oHighly developed organizational and planning skills.
- oAble to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information.
- oAble to identify and recognize when to seek advice and support concerning clinical managerial, professional and organizational issues.
- oHighly skilled ability and competency in using a range of acute assessment/treatment skills including, but not exclusively, complex seating and positioning, upper limb splinting, cognitive and behavioral assessments, ADL Assessments.
- oAble to identify your own and staff training needs.
- oWell-developed counselling and advocacy skills to support staff, patients and carers.
- oAble to employ motivational and influencing skills with staff, patients, carers and other professionals.
Desirable
- o Excellent leadership skills with the ability to promote team spirit.
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant post registration experience including minimum of 2 years at band 7 level in neurology, including extensive junior and band 6 rotations and evidence of dedicated clinical practice and professional development in the area of stroke care/neurology.
- oExtensive experience of organising, writing and delivering in-service training programs.
- oExtensive experience of supervising junior and non-qualified staff, including personal development reviews.
Desirable
- oExperience across a range of NHS sectors e.g primary, secondary, tertiary and community services
- oExperience of being involved in research.
Knowledge
Essential
- oBasic computer literacy.
- oThorough knowledge of current NHS initiatives
- oKnowledge of Clinical Governance and its application to occupational therapy services.
- oKnowledge of occupational therapy professional issues.
- oExtensive knowledge of a variety of occupational therapy concepts, approaches and current best practice in the area of practice.
- oExtensive knowledge of neurological conditions and pathologies and the current medical management of such conditions.
- oExtensive knowledge of outcome measure tools
- oKnowledge of the audit cycle and its uses.
Values
Essential
- o Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Other requirements
Essential
- oWillingness to work on any site as service requirements dictate
- oDedication to staff development and the promotion and progression of the occupational therapy profession.
- oDedicated to holistic patient management.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- oRegistration with the Health Professions Council.
- oUndertaking higher degree/courses relevant to the area of practice
Desirable
- o Member of the Royal college of Occupational therapy and relevant Clinical Interest Group
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- oAble to communicate highly complex and sensitive information in written, verbal and presentational form to patients, staff and senior managers within the Trust and across other organisations.
- oSkilled in leading, motivating and influencing a team
- oHighly developed problem-solving skills for highly complex situations, which may include clinical or organizational issues.
- oHighly developed clinical reasoning skills.
- oHighly developed organizational and planning skills.
- oAble to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information.
- oAble to identify and recognize when to seek advice and support concerning clinical managerial, professional and organizational issues.
- oHighly skilled ability and competency in using a range of acute assessment/treatment skills including, but not exclusively, complex seating and positioning, upper limb splinting, cognitive and behavioral assessments, ADL Assessments.
- oAble to identify your own and staff training needs.
- oWell-developed counselling and advocacy skills to support staff, patients and carers.
- oAble to employ motivational and influencing skills with staff, patients, carers and other professionals.
Desirable
- o Excellent leadership skills with the ability to promote team spirit.
Experience
Essential
- oSignificant post registration experience including minimum of 2 years at band 7 level in neurology, including extensive junior and band 6 rotations and evidence of dedicated clinical practice and professional development in the area of stroke care/neurology.
- oExtensive experience of organising, writing and delivering in-service training programs.
- oExtensive experience of supervising junior and non-qualified staff, including personal development reviews.
Desirable
- oExperience across a range of NHS sectors e.g primary, secondary, tertiary and community services
- oExperience of being involved in research.
Knowledge
Essential
- oBasic computer literacy.
- oThorough knowledge of current NHS initiatives
- oKnowledge of Clinical Governance and its application to occupational therapy services.
- oKnowledge of occupational therapy professional issues.
- oExtensive knowledge of a variety of occupational therapy concepts, approaches and current best practice in the area of practice.
- oExtensive knowledge of neurological conditions and pathologies and the current medical management of such conditions.
- oExtensive knowledge of outcome measure tools
- oKnowledge of the audit cycle and its uses.
Values
Essential
- o Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Other requirements
Essential
- oWillingness to work on any site as service requirements dictate
- oDedication to staff development and the promotion and progression of the occupational therapy profession.
- oDedicated to holistic patient management.
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.
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.
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).
