Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Specialist Occupational Therapist

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Job summary

Based in Rugeley and supporting the Cannock community.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is pleased to be offering an opportunity for an Specialist Occupational Therapist to be part of the Cannock ESD/community Stroke Team. There is opportunity to gain experience in the community, primarily treating patients in their own homes with access to a gym area at Springfields providing Occupational Therapy intervention to maximise a patients recovery following a stroke.

Specialist external training opportunities available.

Please feel free to contact to discuss the role or arrange an informal visit.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Occupational Therapist to join Cannock ESD/Community Stroke Team. The team provides rehabilitation for adults with a stroke in their own home.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Occupational Therapist with experience in stroke/ neurological assessment and rehabilitation. Experience of assessing cognitive impairment and vision is essential and splinting skills desirable or a willingness to undertake training. You will also be required to work independently in a community setting, therefore experience of working with a community rehabilitation team is also desirable. You will need excellent leadership, communication, organisational and supervision skills and sound clinical knowledge, but enthusiasm and the potential to develop these within the post will also be valued.

You will be required to work closely with the Clinical Lead and Team Leader for Stroke care services and contribute to driving forward the development of high quality Specialist Stroke Services for residents of Cannock, participating in evidence based projects and service evaluations.

Applicants must have a current Health Profession Council registration and the necessary means and documentation to work in the UK.

Supervision, personal development reviews and professional development opportunities are available and CPD is supported and actively encouraged.

About us

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children's Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.

We would particularly welcome applications from people from a BME background and people with a disability as these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.

We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants.

Any settled workers meeting the requirements must be offered the position in preference to any non-resident candidates meeting the requirements, unless the role falls under a PhD-level code, in which case sponsorship may be attained.

Date posted

14 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

407-COMMUNITY-6049166

Job locations

Springfields Health and Wellbeing Centre

Lovett court

Rugeley

WS15 2FH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

To provide an accomplished, high quality Occupational Therapy service for patients within the clinical specialty of Cannock Community Stroke Services. This involves working with patients in clients homes with access to a gym for outpatients.

Be an autonomous clinician in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the occupational therapy service provided to community stroke service. Provide highly developed specialist assessment and treatment of patients with diverse and complex presentations within rehabilitation including vision, cognition and vocational rehab.

To perform Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex conditions, to provide analysis, findings and delivery of individualised treatment programmes.

To hold responsibility for own caseload working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, review of cases and the clinical intervention, peer review and case conferences.

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.

To undertake evidence based audits to evaluate teams clinical practice. To make recommendations, this may result in the implementation of changes to practice or contributing to service protocols.

To work with other professions in order to facilitate safe and effective treatment and management.

To supervise, educate and assess the performance of undergraduate Occupational Therapy students.

To delegate duties to more junior staff and use resources effectively.

To supervise junior staff

Key Responsibilities

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work.

To obtain consent as outlined in Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT) and Trust policies.

To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change/arise.

To undertake a proficient assessment of patients, including those with diverse and complex presentations by using clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques.

To formulate and deliver an individual Occupational Therapy treatment programme based on sound knowledge of evidence based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills, knowledge and skills of treatment techniques, e.g. patient education and other alternative options.

To be assigned a defined area of responsibility. To be responsible for providing Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment plans for patients within this remit.

To formulate realistic goals and participate in discharge planning as appropriate within the multi-disciplinary team.

To effectively communicate with patients, family/carers who may have barriers to understanding or communicating, e.g. blind, deaf, dysphasic, or who do not have English as their first language.

To evaluate patient progress, reassess and change treatment programmes if required.

To be responsible for maintaining accurate, confidential and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with the RCOT Standards of Practice, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics and to follow Trust documentation policies.

To actively participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings. This may include discussion of patient care, patient progress, ongoing management and involvement in discharge planning as appropriate.

To ensure that your own practice meets the level of competency required by professional standards of Occupational Therapy practice.

To discuss with mentor / supervisor during regular supervision the organising and planning of own caseload to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change/arise and where appropriate delegate tasks to appropriate Therapy staff.