Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist | Barts Health NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity to join the unique and innovative Waltham Forest Integrated Stroke Pathway has arisen. This is the perfect post for an Occupational therapist who has experience of stroke and enjoys rehabilitation. The pathway allows for stroke rehabilitation both on a Rehabilitation Stroke Unit and follows people with stroke into the Community utilising both qualified and non-registrant members of staff. The team that you will be joining is progressive and vibrant, promoting self-management and Inter-disciplinary working. During your time with us you will develop your assessment and treatment skills, share the professional leadership of a small team and participate in service improvement initiatives. This post would be suitable for an experienced Band 6 who would like to move into their first Band 7 role or an established Band 7 with a passion for stroke rehabilitation . You will have the support of another band 7 OT as well as other senior therapy colleagues and an
experience Clinical Lead Therapist.

To play a major and specialist role in the advanced assessment, treatment and clinical management of patients with stroke, determining clinical diagnosis, functional deficits and occupational therapy treatment program required.

To be dynamic in developing efficient and effective OT working processes to assist in producing a fully multi-professional team approach

To work with the Clinical Lead Therapist to develop the service to best meet changing health and social care agendas

The post is responsible for a team of staff in their clinical area and may be required to work across hospital sites and or more than one speciality area.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.