Highly Specialist Neuro Occupational Therapist and OT Lead: Community

Job overview

The post holder will be the team & clinical leader for the Occupational therapists (OT’s) across the Community Neuro therapy service. The post holder will be responsible for provision of a comprehensive and highly specialist community Neuro occupational therapy service, ensuring the needs of the clients are identified and met.

Main duties of the job

They will promote the independence of clients, assisting them to maintain/or improve their own physical, psychological and social wellbeing. The post holder will ensure that the service is effective, adaptable and resilient, and create innovative solutions to enhance the client experience. They will oversee and supervise the team of Neuro Occupational therapists. The Community Neuro therapy service includes a stroke ESD pathway & also sees clients with long term conditions. The team provides a comprehensive service to clients with neurological conditions who have multi-disciplinary therapy needs. The ESD pathway provides a flexible and proactive therapy service to clients who have recently suffered from a stroke to facilitate early discharge from an acute setting to their own homes. For clients with other neurological conditions the team provides a specialised multidisciplinary service to clients in the community in order to safeguard independence by preventing inappropriate hospital stays, maximising rehabilitation and recovery after illness or injury, and minimising premature dependence on long term institutional care. Therapists in the team assess, differentially diagnose, rehabilitate and manage a caseload of adults with neurological conditions in the community setting

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

They will promote the independence of clients, assisting them to maintain/or improve their own physical, psychological and social wellbeing. The post holder will ensure that the service is effective, adaptable and resilient, and create innovative solutions to enhance the client experience. They will oversee and supervise the team of Neuro Occupational therapists.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.