Advanced Occupational Therapist - Stroke, Neurology and Rehab

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a passionate, enthusiastic and experienced Occupational Therapist to join our leadership team to cover a period of maternity Leave.

As part of your role you will be responsible for an area of the in-patient stroke service alongside your Physiotherapy and SLT colleagues. Manage your own caseload working without supervision.

Clinical performance review takes the form of regular training, support, clinical supervision and peer review.

Undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner

Provide expertise within rehabilitative and neurological OT to other therapists and multi-disciplinary colleagues, patients and carers through specialist advice and education.

Provide clinical leadership to band 6 & 5 occupational therapists including bank or agency staff and therapy support workers within the specialty through supervision, assessment, education and development.

Lead the supervision and assessment of undergraduate/post-graduate occupational therapy students within own clinical area as required ensuring the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by a degree/higher degree level.

Lead evidence based audit and research projects to further occupational therapy practice, making and acting upon recommendations for changes in practice to improve service delivery including the formulation and implementation of occupational therapy service protocols.

Deputise for therapy service leads as required

Main duties of the job

Be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care

Use highly developed specialist knowledge, skills and training in the occupational therapy management of rehabilitation and neurology patients with acute and chronic conditions including patients in an acute, clinic and community setting.

Be responsible for the delivery of the occupational therapy service to the area co-ordinating, allocating and organising the work of junior and assistant staff to meet service priorities on a daily basis and ensure a high standard of clinical care

Be responsible for the deployment, line management, supervision and co-ordination of staff in the speciality. This includes discussing contentious issues with staff and the daily management of informal disciplinary matters, conflict and disputes

Undertake highly developed specialist assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multiple-pathologies using investigative, analytical, clinical reasoning and assessment skills to accurately diagnose the therapeutic needs of patients. This includes using effective listening skills to receive highly complex and sensitive information from patients/carers.

Formulate comprehensive individual treatment programmes using highly developed specialist skills in assessment, analysis and clinical reasoning, and knowledge of a range of evidence based treatment options.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live