Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Community Neurology Rehabilitation Team. This is a fantastic chance to develop your specialist skills within a supportive, multidisciplinary environment, working with adults living with a wide range of neurological conditions across the community.

You will play a key role in delivering person-centred, goal-oriented rehabilitation to help service users improve their quality of life in their own homes and community settings.

Our Team provides specialist assessment and rehabilitation for adults with neurological conditions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsons disease, acquired brain injury, and other complex neurological presentations.

We are a friendly, dynamic, and forward-thinking team that includes physiotherapists, psychologists, nurses, consultants, dietitians, therapy assistant practitioners and rehabilitation assistants. We work collaboratively to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care.

Main Duties of the Job
The successful candidate will:

• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, intervention, and evaluation for adults with neurological conditions in community settings.
• Use a client-centred approach to enable individuals to identify and achieve realistic personal goals within our service offer.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary care
• Support self-management, carer education, and equipment provision.
• Supervise and support junior staff, students, therapy assistant practitioners and/ or rehabilitation assistants.
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives within the team.

About Us
Working for Leeds community Healthcare NHS Trust

Who are we?
Leeds Community Healthcare provides a range of community-based health services across the whole city. We treat people in their homes, local health centres and community hospitals, and work in partnership with other local Trusts, charities and Leeds City Council.

We have a strong culture based on deeply held values, and our focus at all times is on delivering high quality care to the people of Leeds. In our most recent CQC evaluation, we were rated "Good", with our Adult Services rated "Outstanding" for caring.

Perks of the job
Our benefits range from generous annual leave to access to NHS discount sites. You can find the full list of attractive benefits and rewards at www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk click on the Join Our Team Tab.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.