Job summary
This is a 12 months fixed term contract to work within the Islington MDT Stroke and Neuro Team comprising of PT, PT, SLT, CHP.

To provide an assessment, advisory and treatment service to community clients with neurological conditions referred or admitted to the Islington Locality Therapies Service, working flexibly with all other members of the team to provide an integrated rehabilitation service in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies of the service.

Clients may be seen in a variety of settings, including inpatient facilities, their own homes, residential homes, places of work and leisure facilities. The caseload is varied and comprises people who have mobility, cognitive and neurological problems.

Main duties of the job
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job responsibilities

• To manage a caseload of clients with simple to complex needs with supervision and guidance as necessary from senior staff. To successfully monitor, evaluate and review occupational therapy treatment/interventions within a multi-disciplinary framework and to modify as necessary taking a key worker role as indicated.
• Develop and conduct Occupational Therapy intervention with clients assessing their occupational needs and addressing quality of life, and physical, cognitive, affective, social, and environmental issues utilising appropriate individual or group treatment methods.
• To use developed physical skills in client interventions, such as upper limb rehabilitation, activities of daily living, splint fabrication/orthoses (hand splints).
• To devise and manage a treatment plan individual to a clients presenting condition through, for example, the use of functional rehabilitation, adaptation, equipment provision, education, and health promotion.
• To supervise students and colleagues as needed.

Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential

• degree in OT or equivalent
• HCPC registration
• post grad courses - normal movement, counselling, neurology, COOP, Postural management

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• demonstrates active involvement in MDT work
• demonstrates strong clinical reason skills with assessment and treatment planning
• demostrates use of safe manual handling practices
• Demonstrates ability to work as a long worker
• demonstrates ability to self motive and take the initiative
• demonstrates good time management and organisational skills
• Demonstrates ability to prioritise and problem solve
• Demonstrates a client centred approach to care

knowledge and Experience
Essential

• Demonstrates strong concepts of OT role within community neuro rehab
• shows knowledge of up to date evidence based practice including a variety of neuro assessment and treatment approaches
• previous experience in the NHS
• previous experience in stroke and neuro community rehabilitation
• Experience working in the NHS

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Demonstrates ICARE values
• Flexibly approach to changing circumstances and departmental needs
• able to manage own wellbeing and support colleagues as needed

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.

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. 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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address: Outlook Centre, St Johns Way, N19 3RQ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Speciality Service Manager - Therapies, Juliet Benton, juliet.benton@nhs.net

Details
Date posted: 27 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum including Inner London HCAS
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 220-WHT-4025-C
Job locations: Outlook Centre, St Johns Way, N19 3RQ, United Kingdom

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