Adult Neuro Occupational therapist - Band 6

Job overview

Role of the department

‘Investing in our patient community, empowering them to live well‘ is the team vision which we work collectively to achieve. The Sutton Community Neuro therapy & Adult Speech & Language therapy service is a Multi disciplinary team offering specialist, comprehensive assessment & intervention. We work with adults in the Sutton area of South West London who have Neurological conditions.

The service has various pathways which enable us to deliver intervention to meet our patients’ needs. The Community Neuro team provides intervention to Stroke survivors (including an Early Supported Discharge (ESD) response) and other complex Neuro conditions, such as PD, MS and MND.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities & Results

Clinical  To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of therapists and rehabilitation assistants to provide specialist neurological intervention to enable and rehabilitate patients registered with GP’s within Sutton CCG.  To provide rehabilitation to patients with a range of neurological diagnoses who meet the Community Neuro Services criteria.  To have clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning of a caseload of clients within the community, including those based in residential and nursing home facilities.  To develop a high level of clinical skill in community rehabilitation and longer term management of disability and impairment.  To provide comprehensive occupational therapy intervention to clients in the community, making use of treatment facilities where appropriate.  To be responsible for a clinical caseload working within a multi-disciplinary team ensuring clients and carers receive optimum level of therapy within available resources.  To carry out assessments, plan and implement agreed goal orientated occupational therapy intervention with client/carers in an appropriate community setting.  To carry out multi-disciplinary screening assessment and discuss outcomes with team members.  To keep accurate up-to-date

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A – Adult EEG’s

To be competent in performing and reporting on the following to a high standard

To perform routine calibration and maintenance on equipment

To take a clear and concise clinical history.

• Routine adult EEG’s both in the department and on the ward, including ITU
• Sleep Deprived EEG’s in the department

B – Paediatric EEG’s

To have some experience in performing and reporting on the following to a high standard. Also need some experience in dealing with children with special needs, challenging behaviour and autism.

To take a clear and concise clinical history.

To perform routine calibration  and maintenance on equipment

• Routine paediatric EEG’s in the department and on the ward, including NNU
• Sleep Deprived EEG’s in the department

C- Evoked Potentials

To have some experience in performing and reporting on the following to a high standard

To perform routine calibration maintenance on equipment

• Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP)
• Spinal and Somato-Sensory Evoked Potentials (SSEP’s)

D – Nerve Conduction Studies

To have some experience in performing and reporting on the following to a high standard.

To take a clear and concise clinical history.

To perform routine calibration and maintenance on equipment

• Upper Limb NCS
• Lower Limb NCS