Occupational Therapist - Integrated Community Stroke Service

Job summary

If you are a Band 6 OT looking for a part-time job within the Worcestershire Stroke Pathway, we have a post available within our Integrated Community Stroke Service which covers the county of Worcestershire. We are passionate about improving the quality of life for Stroke Survivors.

We would love to hear from Band 6 OTs with experience in stroke services that would like to work within both inpatients rehabilitation and community stroke on a rotational basis.

As a trust we offer a robust induction period and continue to promote opportunities for development through 1:1 clinical supervision sessions, peer working and in-service training. We have a well-established stroke pathway and perceive our acute, inpatient and community stroke colleagues as one team, all striving for the best quality of life for our stroke survivors and their families.

This is a part time post working 22.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

Day to day, you will be undertaking comprehensive assessments of mild-moderate-severe stroke patients including those with multiple pathologies/co-morbidities, using specialist OT assessment tools to identify their personalised goals alongside the MDT. You will formulate individual programmes of rehabilitation using clinical reasoning and utilising a range of treatment skills, targeting realistic and measurable, patient-led goals. It is also expected that you will offer support and education to carers/families.

You will attend the weekly MDT in which the team will discuss the progress of patients and identify goals that are achieved and ongoing. As a Band 6 in the community team you will also participate in referral management which will include the triaging of referrals, liaising with other health care professionals within the Trust/Acute Trust and surrounding borders and third-party organisations.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Pershore Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Drive

Pershore

Worcestershire

WR10 1PS

Employer's website

https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Pershore Hospital

Queen Elizabeth Drive

Pershore

Worcestershire

WR10 1PS

Employer's website

https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

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