Senior Occupational Therapist - Stroke - Band 6 fixed term

Band 6 Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist 37.5 Hours per week Weekends and Bank Holiday working will be required on a rota basis., We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated therapist to join our occupational therapy stroke service in Lincoln.

Our stroke unit operates within a culture of a strong supportive multi-disciplinary team consisting of Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists. Therapists work alongside each other to promote person centred goals to enable positive rehabilitation outcomes and facilitate timely discharge from hospital.

The Occupational Therapy department is committed to providing an environment of excellent professional growth. We promote and enable regular supervision and appraisal in order to support professional development through skill accusation and training opportunities. We hold regular department meetings in order to promote effective communication within and across teams., To provide a highly specialised assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of complex stroke patients. To support Band 7 Team Lead in delivering therapy services and support/lead the team in their absence if required. To develop specialist stroke skills for the Band 5 Occupational Therapists within the team and other team members. To liaise with patients, relatives, members of the multidisciplinary team and other agencies, and support complex situations and decision- making. To successfully and safely facilitate discharge from hospital to discharge destination.

To deliver evidence based specialist Occupational therapy interventions.

To work seamlessly with other MDT members to ensure a high quality client centred provision of therapy in order to maximise independence and support wellbeing.

To contribute to the MDT goal -setting incorporating physical, psychological and emotional needs for rehabilitation.

To co-ordinate treatment interventions working alongside discharge planning needs.

To provide training to patients and families to enable purposeful engagement in activities of daily living and support moving and handling skills.

To provide clinical supervision and leadership to staff as delegated by the team manager.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).