Job summary
Join a dynamic, forward-thinking Neuro Rehabilitation outpatient service where you'll play a pivotal role in transforming patient outcomes. As a Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will deliver highly skilled, holistic assessments for patients attending clinics, providing targeted interventions, expert advice, and seamless coordination of care pathways internally and externally.
Working as an integral member of a collaborative Interdisciplinary Team (MDT), you will partner closely with Consultants in Rehabilitation Medicine, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Psychologists, Counsellors and Speech Therapists - contributing in clinic settings and as an autonomous practitioner. You will have the opportunity to shape and evolve Occupational Therapy provision within specialist clinics--developing innovative interventions, evaluating impact against national standards, and driving continuous service improvement.
Beyond clinical excellence, you'll contribute to wider service development--supporting research, leading quality improvement initiatives, and working with leadership teams to review and enhance service delivery. This role offers a unique blend of clinical expertise, innovation, and leadership influence within a supportive and progressive therapy environment.
If you are passionate about neuro rehabilitation, thrive in multidisciplinary settings, and are motivated to drive service innovation, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact
Main duties of the job
Deliver advanced, holistic OT assessments and interventions for patients with complex neuro-rehabilitation needs. Manage a specialist clinic caseload, including goal setting, treatment planning and ongoing review. Work autonomously and within the MDT, collaborating closely with Consultants and partner services. Coordinate patient pathways, liaising with community teams and specialist services to ensure seamless care. Provide expert advice on equipment, adaptation and upper limb/spasticity management. Undertake home, clinic and community visits as required. Support patients and carers through complex and sensitive situations, promoting independence and quality of life. Maintain clear clinical records, reports and communication with all stakeholders. Contribute to teaching, supervision, service development, audit and quality improvement. Participate in research, innovation and the ongoing development of specialist neuro-rehabilitation services.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
IMPORTANT
- Please be aware that BCHC utilises a third party recruitment system (TRAC). When applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into TRAC and any correspondence will be sent via TRAC. We advise that you check your junk/spam emails
- Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification in full for further details of requirements for the post...
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification in full for further details of requirements for the post...
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Training
Essential
- HCPC registration
- Grad Dip OT/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy / Occupational Therapy Degree
- Evidence of relevant CPD
Desirable
- Active Member of clinical interest group
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience including varied comprehensive rotations at junior grade, undertaken with relevant post registration experience.
- Experience working in neurology
- Experience of assessing and treating complex disability including clients with brain injury, spinal cord injury, progressive neurological disorders.
- Experience as an Occupational Therapist in assessing, prescribing and providing equipment safely, including consideration of risk, fit, environment and user capability.
- Knowledge and understanding of the rehabilitation process
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of community support agencies and other professions, and ability to work and liaise with them.
- Basic computer skills.
- Basic working knowledge of orthotics.
- Evidence of good organisational skills including prioritisation, time management skills and the ability to work independently
- Sound knowledge and application of current, evidence-based clinical practices and models relevant to the treatment and rehabilitation of people with neurological conditions.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of current legislative changes affecting the NHS, especially those relevant to OT.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and an understanding of the principles of clinical standard setting, audit process and evidence-based practice.
- Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility for health and safety
- Effective communicator, able to convey sensitive or complex information to a wide range of audiences using advanced verbal, non-verbal and alternative communication methods, including the use of interpreters when required.
- Demonstrate the ability to work effectively in a team.
- Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
- Ability to manually handle patients and/or equipment safely to attain positioning that is necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessments and treatments
- Ability to use cognitive, behavioural and communication strategies to ensure optimal treatment outcomes and rehabilitation goals are met.
Desirable
- Supervisory experience.
- Basic skills in digital photography and use of associated computer software.
- Demonstrate splinting skills or are prepared to develop these.
- Knowledge of use of augmentative aids to communication.
Personal
Essential
- Reliable.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility within the changing NHS environment
- Willing to develop new skills as required by relevant services
- Commitment to interdisciplinary team working
- Ability to work under pressure
- Demonstrate commitment to anti discriminatory practice and valuing diversity
- Able to travel when required to various work locations e.g. for meetings, training and domiciliary visits.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ Training
Essential
- HCPC registration
- Grad Dip OT/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy / Occupational Therapy Degree
- Evidence of relevant CPD
Desirable
- Active Member of clinical interest group
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience including varied comprehensive rotations at junior grade, undertaken with relevant post registration experience.
- Experience working in neurology
- Experience of assessing and treating complex disability including clients with brain injury, spinal cord injury, progressive neurological disorders.
- Experience as an Occupational Therapist in assessing, prescribing and providing equipment safely, including consideration of risk, fit, environment and user capability.
- Knowledge and understanding of the rehabilitation process
Skills/ Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of community support agencies and other professions, and ability to work and liaise with them.
- Basic computer skills.
- Basic working knowledge of orthotics.
- Evidence of good organisational skills including prioritisation, time management skills and the ability to work independently
- Sound knowledge and application of current, evidence-based clinical practices and models relevant to the treatment and rehabilitation of people with neurological conditions.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of current legislative changes affecting the NHS, especially those relevant to OT.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of and an understanding of the principles of clinical standard setting, audit process and evidence-based practice.
- Ability to demonstrate individual responsibility for health and safety
- Effective communicator, able to convey sensitive or complex information to a wide range of audiences using advanced verbal, non-verbal and alternative communication methods, including the use of interpreters when required.
- Demonstrate the ability to work effectively in a team.
- Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible.
- Ability to manually handle patients and/or equipment safely to attain positioning that is necessary to perform safe and effective clinical assessments and treatments
- Ability to use cognitive, behavioural and communication strategies to ensure optimal treatment outcomes and rehabilitation goals are met.
Desirable
- Supervisory experience.
- Basic skills in digital photography and use of associated computer software.
- Demonstrate splinting skills or are prepared to develop these.
- Knowledge of use of augmentative aids to communication.
Personal
Essential
- Reliable.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and motivation when working in a variety of situations.
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility within the changing NHS environment
- Willing to develop new skills as required by relevant services
- Commitment to interdisciplinary team working
- Ability to work under pressure
- Demonstrate commitment to anti discriminatory practice and valuing diversity
- Able to travel when required to various work locations e.g. for meetings, training and domiciliary visits.
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).
