Job summary
Due to retirement an exciting opportunity has arisen to join a vocational rehabilitation team for working people following a stroke or other acquired brain injuries. You will lead and co-ordinate the workload for the Occupational Therapy Team and promote best practice in collaboration with the Band 7 Vocational Rehabilitation Lead OT.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, client centred occupational therapist who enjoys working within a creative, innovative interdisciplinary team and is passionate about supporting clients in achieving their goals.
You need to have experience, knowledge and skills working with clients with acquired brain injuries and complex neuro-disability, good leadership and line management experience.
Moor Green Brain Injury Unit, based within Moseley Hall Hospital, is a specialist interdisciplinary team providing an outpatient brain injury rehabilitation programme for people of working age. The emphasis is on participation as well as impairment and includes job retention support and vocational rehabilitation.
Occupational therapists provide assessment and treatment for clients within individual and group sessions within the hospital unit, the client's home or community. You will keywork and coordinate client's rehabilitation and their goal planning process. Excellent communication skills and flexibility are essential for this role. You will receive regular supervision, training, and appraisal to support your development needs.
Main duties of the job
To deliver a high-quality Specialist Occupational Therapy (OT) service to clients with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) with adherence to evidence-based practice.
To provide co-ordination and leadership for the Moor Green OT team in collaboration with the OT Vocational Rehab Specialist.
To provide holistic Occupational Therapy assessment for clients with ABI including vocational needs.
To collaborate with the client and interdisciplinary team to provide goal planning and Occupational Therapy for client directed goals.
Co-ordination of direct and indirect OT clinical activity within Moor Green.
To provide caseload management and delegate to members of the OT Team
Work within relevant national standards and guidelines for acquired brain injury
Liaise with internal and external agencies
To support development of audit, Quality Improvement and Research activities
To provide a managerial role for junior therapists and assistants
About us
The Team comprises of administrative staff, Speech & Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Clinical Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, skilled support staff, apprentices and students. We have close links on site with BISC (Brain Injury Specialist Clinic), Birmingham Neuro Rehab Team, ESD and Community Stroke Teams, Inpatients & specialist clinics at West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre at Selly Oak.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a defined caseload, within Moor Green as an OT and as key worker using evidence-based client centred practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment programmes for patients with highly complex neurological needs i.e. physical behavioural, social and vocational, liaising with other team members and external organisations and agencies.
2. To key-work an agreed caseload of highly complex clients which will include overseeing clients needs, coordinating all aspects of their rehabilitation programme and being the named contact for family, team, employer and other agencies.
3. Effectively assess clients who have highly complex needs (physical, cognitive, behavioural, social and vocational), considering their function and considering all environments in which they live and work.
4. Identify client centred rehabilitation goals in conjunction with the client and the interdisciplinary team, carers, agencies, employers, both internal and external to the service.
5. Plan and formulate specialist interventions that are evidence based in conjunction with the clients, carers, other professionals, agencies and employers.
6. Deliver OT intervention to individuals and/or groups using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals. These include fatigue management; vocational assessments; behavioural and cognitive assessment and management and strategies/programmes.
Prepare and transfer rehabilitation strategies, modification and adaptations to the home, community, environment and workplace settings.
8. Recommend environmental adaptations and/or equipment for client use in a range of environments, e.g. home, work, leisure, social, transport, this may include undertaking a workplace environment assessment.
To demonstrate equipment used for transfers, instruct in its use, using safe manual handling techniques in the clients home, community environment and/ or workplace, where appropriate.
1Monitor, evaluate and modify treatment of clients with complex needs to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention, utilising outcome measures.
To liaise with clients, family/carers and other professionals internal and external, in relation to patient information.
Liaise with employers advocating and advising them on the clients needs within the working environment requiring a high level of communication and negotiation skill.
Support other team members in the communication of complex or sensitive information relating to the client/carer.
Initiate the initial goal planning, reviews and discharge preparation meetings and ensure they reach an effective conclusion.
Provide OT and key worker role within Moor Green, providing leadership and support to team members when requested.
Co-operate and assist with research and audit projects as required.
Reflect on and evaluate own practice using the available evidence base and outcome measures and participate in audit and research as required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a defined caseload, within Moor Green as an OT and as key worker using evidence-based client centred practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment programmes for patients with highly complex neurological needs i.e. physical behavioural, social and vocational, liaising with other team members and external organisations and agencies.
2. To key-work an agreed caseload of highly complex clients which will include overseeing clients needs, coordinating all aspects of their rehabilitation programme and being the named contact for family, team, employer and other agencies.
3. Effectively assess clients who have highly complex needs (physical, cognitive, behavioural, social and vocational), considering their function and considering all environments in which they live and work.
4. Identify client centred rehabilitation goals in conjunction with the client and the interdisciplinary team, carers, agencies, employers, both internal and external to the service.
5. Plan and formulate specialist interventions that are evidence based in conjunction with the clients, carers, other professionals, agencies and employers.
6. Deliver OT intervention to individuals and/or groups using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals. These include fatigue management; vocational assessments; behavioural and cognitive assessment and management and strategies/programmes.
Prepare and transfer rehabilitation strategies, modification and adaptations to the home, community, environment and workplace settings.
8. Recommend environmental adaptations and/or equipment for client use in a range of environments, e.g. home, work, leisure, social, transport, this may include undertaking a workplace environment assessment.
To demonstrate equipment used for transfers, instruct in its use, using safe manual handling techniques in the clients home, community environment and/ or workplace, where appropriate.
1Monitor, evaluate and modify treatment of clients with complex needs to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention, utilising outcome measures.
To liaise with clients, family/carers and other professionals internal and external, in relation to patient information.
Liaise with employers advocating and advising them on the clients needs within the working environment requiring a high level of communication and negotiation skill.
Support other team members in the communication of complex or sensitive information relating to the client/carer.
Initiate the initial goal planning, reviews and discharge preparation meetings and ensure they reach an effective conclusion.
Provide OT and key worker role within Moor Green, providing leadership and support to team members when requested.
Co-operate and assist with research and audit projects as required.
Reflect on and evaluate own practice using the available evidence base and outcome measures and participate in audit and research as required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- degree in Occupational therapy
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- evidence of relevant CPD in Brain Injury
personal qualities
Essential
- ability to work as part of a team
- ability to travel around the Trust
Desirable
- evidence of presentation skills
knowledge and skills
Essential
- evidence of supervision skills
- evidence of experience of working in neurology and brain injury
- evidence of management skills
- evidence of group work
Desirable
- teaching certificate or experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- degree in Occupational therapy
- HCPC registration
Desirable
- evidence of relevant CPD in Brain Injury
personal qualities
Essential
- ability to work as part of a team
- ability to travel around the Trust
Desirable
- evidence of presentation skills
knowledge and skills
Essential
- evidence of supervision skills
- evidence of experience of working in neurology and brain injury
- evidence of management skills
- evidence of group work
Desirable
- teaching certificate or experience
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).
