Senior Occupational Therapist - Stroke

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the Stroke Occupational Therapy Team at Cambridge University Hospitals.

In this role, you will work autonomously and without direct supervision to provide the safe, effective and efficient provision of occupational therapy intervention to patients in the Acute Stroke and Rehab Ward.

As an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, you will work closely with other professions to ensure the facilitation of appropriate and timely discharges from the acute hospital.

Opportunities for supervision, stroke education, departmental education, service improvements and research are available, alongside your own clinical and leadership development to progress in your career.

Main duties of the job

To provide acute and specialist Level 2b stroke rehabilitation to patients on your caseload.

To support and work alongside other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure delivery of the highest possible standard of service.

To actively participate in the training and development of junior staff members, Therapy Assistants and Apprentices.

To lead on service development projects.

To support the Team Leader in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Occupational Therapy Service on a day-to-day basis.

To be an integral part of the stroke multidisciplinary team in your working area including Consultants, Nurses, speech and language therapists and Physiotherapists.

To have a keen interest in stroke research.

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.