Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Spinal Injuries

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist with a passion for spines to join our friendly and supportive spinal injuries team. Neurosurgery within the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences is one of the busiest neurosurgery departments in the United Kingdom, providing outstanding clinical care to patients across the range of neurosurgical sub-specialties.

Within Surgical Neurosciences, there are 8 dedicated neuro high dependency (level two) beds and 16 intensive care (level three) beds in a shared facility which can flex as to the number of neuroscience beds depending on demand. In addition to this, there are 65 non-elective general beds and 35 elective beds, of which there are 7 monitored (level 1.5) beds.

You will work with a highly skilled and motivated multidisciplinary team and within the Occupational Therapy department, you will be supported by the OT Operational / Professional Lead and peer support from the 11 band 7 OTs in the OT department. You are very welcome to visit us and ask any questions you may have.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Taking a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of Neurosurgical / Spinal patients, who may have complex and/or chronic presentations.
• Determining clinical diagnosis and treatment indicated and maintaining records as an autonomous practitioner.
• Being a source of expertise and undertaking a significant clinical caseload to a high professional standard, using specialist knowledge from theoretical and practical experience.
• Planning, coordinating, and evaluating Occupational Therapy service in your work area provided to Neurosurgical / Spinal in-patients on a day-to-day basis.
• Supporting and leading the Occupational Therapy in the delivery of evidence-based and client-centred care across the Neurosurgical wards.
• Monitoring and improving standards of care by efficient use of resources, utilising clinical audit and research within neurosciences.
• Leading teaching, training, and supervision of clinicians within the Occupational Therapy service.
• Working as an autonomous practitioner being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, managing your own caseload and maintaining patient and own records.
• Leading assessment, liaison, and decision-making processes on behalf of the multidisciplinary team for patients referred to the service and effectively liaising and communicating with the patient and external agencies.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us, you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

For further details or informal visits, please contact: Name: Kim Cochrane Job title: Operational / Professional Lead for OT Email address: kim.cochrane@nca.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 206 5333