Occupational Therapist - Neurosciences

We are offering you an exciting opportunity to join our diverse and well-established Acute Neuroscience Occupational Therapy Service. This service has two teams serving a 16-bedded Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and a 75-bedded acute neurosciences ward. We are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist (OT) for the 75-bedded acute neuroscience ward., To act as an autonomous practitioner, providing physiotherapeutic interventions of the highest standard, in alignment with national and professional guidelines, working across a range of disciplines and settings, including (but not limited to):

To provide specialist Occupational Therapy (OT) assessment, treatment and discharge planning to patients with highly complex neurological conditions as an autonomous practitioner.

To work effectively with the wider interdisciplinary team (IDT).

To clinically supervise junior OT's, assistants, and students.

To assist the Team Lead OT in the provision, monitoring and on-going development of the service to ensure it continues to meet the needs of the service users and responds to government and trust initiatives.

To actively participate in quality improvement, clinical audit and research projects.

This is an ideal opportunity for those with Band 5 level experience in several clinical areas looking to progress working in the speciality of neurological rehabilitation or those who are already working as a Band 6 seeking to gain more experience in this speciality., We are seeking Occupational Therapists who are enthusiastic, passionate, and great communicators. In return we will provide learning and development opportunities and support you with regular supervision, peer support and great teamwork. A yearly Values Based Appraisal will encourage you to grow, learn and develop in your role.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.