Highly Specialist Rotational Neurological Occupational Therapist London

At Bart's Health our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals and services, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. An excellent opportunity has arisen for a highly specialist rotational Occupational Therapist with an interest and experience in neurology to join the neuro and trauma team. You will be part of a large, friendly, and dynamic multidisciplinary team, based at Royal London Hospital, delivering evidence based occupational therapy to a multi diverse population.

This post is part of our Band 7 Neuro rotation comprising of Neurosciences (including neurotrauma, neurosurgery, neurology), and our hyper acute rehabilitation service known as RAAR (Rapid Access to Acute Rehabilitation). The ideal candidate will have a passion for Neuro Occupational Therapy, excellent communication skills, plenty of initiative and enthusiasm, and with the ability to work autonomously and as a part of a wider MDT.

Within Bart's Health, we offer a robust teaching and training programme with the opportunity to complete quality improvement and audit projects and we provide a supportive and engaging environment to develop and grow our therapists. You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills through supporting and supervising occupational therapists and support workers.

Main duties of the job:

• To play a major and specialist role in the advanced assessment, treatment and clinical management of patients with a range of traumatic musculoskeletal and neurological injuries, determining the clinical diagnosis, functional deficits and occupational therapy treatment program required.
• To be dynamic in developing efficient and effective OT working processes to assist in producing a fully multi-professional team approach.
• To work with the Clinical Lead Therapists to develop the service to best meet changing health and social care agendas.
• The post holder is responsible for a team of staff in their clinical area and may be required to work in more than one speciality area.
• The post holder will rotate approximately every 18 months. Speciality areas include: Neurotrauma, neurosurgery and neurology, and rapid access to acute rehabilitation (RAAR).

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities:

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential: BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent, State registered (HCPC), Fulfills KSF outline for Occupational Therapist (Band 7), Relevant post graduate clinical experience, including experience within Stroke, Major Trauma, Orthopaedics, Neurosciences and Hand Therapy, CRB clearance, Clinical Educators Qualification.
• Desirable: Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapy.

Experience

• Essential: Clinical experience in the NHS or similar health service across range of acute/rehab settings, Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at post graduate course/training relevant to neurology specialty, Substantial Clinical experience in Major Trauma and/or Neurosciences and/or Stroke at Band 6.
• Desirable: Supervision Training, Leadership training, Member of RCOT SSNP.

Skills

• Essential: Knowledge of a range of clinical conditions, particularly in relation to patients post trauma and neurological conditions, and acute stroke, Ability to manage a patient with spasticity, Ability to assess, treat and appropriately discharge patients with complex cognitive presentations including PDOC & executive dysfunction, Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the Department and Directorate, Effective presentation skills.
• Desirable: Experience of Splinting, Experience of complex seating, Evidence of post graduate courses relevant to area e.g Harrison training courses.

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.