Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Early Supported Stroke Discharge

This role will work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary ESSD team in Derby City supporting people to be discharged from hospital following stroke, delivering goal centred rehabilitation and support in line with national clinical guidelines. The team contribute to SSNAP data and liaise closely with local and regional colleagues to share good practice., To provide effective and evidenced based clinical and professional leadership to the Early Supported Stroke Discharge Team and the Stroke and Neurology service as a whole.
1. To provide highly specialist Occupational Therapy intervention to patients within the team.
2. To act as a source of advanced knowledge in the assessment and treatment of Stroke.
3. To lead and implement a service improvement project within the scope of the secondment.
4. To provide clinical leadership within the team and service as a whole.
5. To provide education, training and support to other Occupational Therapists, students and members of the MDT.
6. To lead on and support service development.
7. To provide assessment and treatment using face to face, telephone and virtual consultations., + To provide advanced specialist Occupational Therapy input to clients as part of the specialist Stroke & Neurology Service. This will require a wide range of knowledge and skills based on sound evidence-based practice.
+ To provide advanced specialist Occupational Therapy input to clients as part of the specialist Stroke & Neurology Service. This will require a wide range of knowledge and skills based on sound evidence-based practice.
+ To take clinical responsibility for designated caseload and to organise this effectively and efficiently considering clinical priorities and time management.
+ To provide specialist advice to other staff in ESSD and the wider stroke neuro team.
+ To undertake and implement a service improvement project within the scope of the secondment period.

The Derby City team is one of 3 teams providing an ESSD service in the South of Derbyshire, the teams work in collaboration with each other and support capacity where necessary across all 3 areas.
You will bring experience in stroke rehabilitation, with specialist skills to independently carry a complex caseload as well as provide guidance to Band 6 OTs and other colleagues within the team. In addition they will be undertaking the leadership and implementation of a service improvement project.

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.
We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations., Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) is one of the largest providers of specialist community healthcare in England and we currently employ around 4,500 staff. We deliver a variety of services across Derbyshire, caring for nearly 1.8 million patients each year.
We deliver patient care through 11 community hospitals, 4 minor injury units, 29 health centres and a learning disability centre. Another key part of our service is out in the community where we care for people in their own homes via therapists, health visitors and district nurses, and promoting public health in the wider community. As a Trust we care for patients of all ages with a special focus on the needs of elderly people and the very young.
DCHS has been recognised as a top 10 NHS organisation to work for in the UK by the Health Service Journal and NHS Employers in their Best Places to Work 2015 campaign. The Trust is also the runner-up in the category for the best NHS community trust employer.

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Our vision "to be the best provider of local healthcare and to be a great place to work"
Our values:
1) To get the basics right
2) To act with compassion and respect
3) To make a difference
4) To value and develop teamwork
5) To value everyone's contribution because everyone matters

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.