Job summary
In Herefordshire and Worcestershire, we really believe in our CARES ethos and values, and our ambition is to transform how health & care is delivered across the county. We are passionate about delivering high quality Community Stroke Care and improving the quality of life for Stroke Survivors.

An opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our expanding team. We are currently undergoing a period of transformation to roll out the ICSS model. If you are a great team player, innovative an excellent communicator and have a track record of delivering high quality patient care in Stroke then this might be the role for you.

The job would be 34.5hrs worked flexibly on a rota system covering the county of Worcestershire. We support flexible working, and the Trust is excellent in supporting well-being.

As a trust we offer a robust induction period and continue to promote opportunities for development through 1:1 supervision session, peer working and in-service training.

Main duties of the job
Day to day, you will be undertaking comprehensive assessments of mild-moderate-severe stroke patients including those with multiple pathologies/co-morbidities, using specialist OT assessment tools to identify their personalised goals alongside the MDT. You will formulate individual programmes of rehabilitation using clinical reasoning and utilising a range of treatment skills, targeting realistic and measurable, patient-led goals. It is also expected that you will offer support and education to carers/families.

You will attend the weekly MDT in which the team will discuss the progress of patients and identify goals that are achieved and ongoing. You will also liaise with other health care professionals within the Trust/Acute Trust and surrounding borders.

We pride ourselves on being truly interdisciplinary, so you will also be involved with supporting patients to undertake their personalised rehab programmes to promote independence. These sessions are part of a rehabilitation focused approach of which we can evidence great results in patients regaining independence.

About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

Job responsibilities
Provide holistic assessment and evidence-based rehabilitation to stroke patients to enable them to achieve their best potential.

Contribute to the development and evaluation of the OT practice provided by the service.

To act as a source of expertise on stroke patients management.

To maintain accurate comprehensive and contemporaneous documentation/patient records in line with legal requirements and Trust guidelines including personally generated clinical assessments/treatment requiring computer skills.

To demonstrate a high level of OT stroke skills.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
Desirable

• Supervisory/appraisal skills

Qualifications
Essential

• Diploma / Degree in OT
• Post graduate training relevant to the job role.
• Fieldwork educator qualification within one year of appointment.
• State registration with HPC
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Desirable

• Bobath Introductory modules, Harrison Perception & Cognition for Healthcare Professionals, BrainTree Training cognitive workshops.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with stroke patients
• Extensive clinical experience including individual and / or group work
• Rehabilitation experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).