Band 6 Specialist Neuro Occupational Therapist: Sutton H&C Community

Job overview

Community Neuro Occupational Therapist: Band 6, Sutton Health & Care

The community Neuro team is looking for OT's with a passion to work with adult neuro clients .

The role is an opportunity to work in a Community MDT who truly support each other & work towards our vision 'Investing in our patient community, empowering them to live well'.

We work holistically, towards patient led goals, providing rehabilitation & intervention to maximise patient's potential.  We are patient centred & specialists within our field, using evidence-based practice & investing in our staff, so they have the knowledge, skills & training to do this.  We provide intervention based on clinical need, utilising each other’s expertise & our rehabilitation assistants to maximise our intervention.

Visits take place in patients’ homes, care homes & clinics, so staff need to be able to travel around the borough  & work autonomously. Many of the team work part time/ flexibly; there is some degree of remote working.  As a team we also feel it is important that we come together regularly for clinical support/supervision, development, communication .

These roles are the perfect opportunity for current band 5 or 6's who have had who has some experience & wish to further build on skills specifically in the specialty of Community Neuro therapy.

Main duties of the job

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.   Community Neuro provides intervention to Stroke survivors (including an Early Supported Discharge (ESD) response) and other complex Neuro conditions, such as PD, MS and MND.

The needs of our patients vary widely & our services offer rehabilitation, enablement & disability management interventions dependant on the patients’ needs & goals.

We offer specialised multi-disciplinary therapy assessment & intervention to patients in order to promote quality of life & independence, by preventing inappropriate hospital stays, maximising rehabilitation, recovery, and self-management

Therapists are expected to work flexibility across the pathways.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements.