Occupational Therapist Stroke and Neurology

As an OT within the Stroke and Neurology therapy team you will gain experience by rotate across our key services:
+ Acute Stroke and Neurology - in-patients
+ Stroke Rehabilitation - in-patients
+ Community Stroke Rehabilitation - Integrated Community Stroke Service
You will use and develop your core OT skills to complete neurological assessments, developing patient cantered goals to guide treatment plans and establishing rehabilitation prescriptions.
Opportunities in this role:
+ Completing assessments and treatment plans for patients with a variety of health conditions and backgrounds.
+ Completing specialist Occupational Therapy assessments including cognitive assessments .
+ To work in an integrated Therapy service that will further develop your skills and knowledge as a holistic practitioner.
+ Promoting discharge to assess by adopting a 'home first' mindset
+ Champion the role of Occupational Therapy within the department, trust and local area.
+ Opportunity to be involved in supervision of students and develop own skills to become a practice educator.
+ Access to training, supervision, competency frameworks and professional development groups.
Support through Peer group meetings and robust supervision structures.

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist (OT) with a special interest in Stroke and Neurology?
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Band 5 OT who is passionate about improving the lives of people, flexible, hardworking and innovative, to join our friendly therapy team as a static OT with the Stroke and Neurology service.
If successful, you will become part of our established, integrated Stroke and Neuro therapy service, working across all aspects of acute rehab and community care. Delivery of a high quality service and development of our staff is a high priority. We have an established education programme and strong peer support throughout the Trust.

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.

NHS AfC: Band 5
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As "People" is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department., 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, Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails.
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.