Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Spinal Injuries

Job overview

We have a Band 7 opportunity for an Occupational Therapist  with a special interest in spinal cord injury (SCI) to join our Greater Manchester Spinal Cord Injury Outreach Team. You will work alongside our experienced MDT including Physiotherapists, SCI Nurse, Assistant Practitioner, SCI Psychologist and SCI Rehabilitation Consultant.

The team also has close links with the Northwest Spinal Cord Injury Centre at Southport.

Although based at Salford Royal Hospital, the team is a Greater  Manchester (GM) outreach service, and the role supports off site visits and reviews  across GM.

This is an exciting and unique OT role providing you with the opportunity  to work in a variety of clinical settings providing and supporting the assessment and treatment of complex Spinal Cord Injured individuals. Whilst experience of SCI is  required, the role is a development role with professional support and supervision  being provided from the MDT and the wider Neurorehab OT service. This role also offers the opportunity to support and share expert knowledge with the  wider network of treating therapists that manage this patient group, supporting  professional development and improving quality of care.  We are passionate about evolving our service, and we are looking for someone  enthusiastic about developing leadership and service improvement skills

Main duties of the job

To support, lead and complete complex assessments of Spinal Cord Injury patients in  a range of clinical settings in conjunction with the wider MDT.  To develop treatment plans, recommend where rehabilitation is required, commence  the rehabilitation process, support patient flow, and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. To provide a specialist OT service to patients within Salford Care Organisation located on our Critical Care, Trauma, Neurosurgical, Spinal wards and INRU’s and  outreach to other GM wide hospitals, rehab facilities and community settings. To be a specialist in the holistic assessment of needs of Spinal Cord Injury patients.  To lead on the assessment, liaison and decision-making process on behalf of the  MDT, and liaise and communicate with the patient and external agencies as needed. To be a source of expertise in Spinal Cord Injury, utilising this knowledge in formal and informal teaching as required. To lead the Occupational Therapy teams in the delivery of evidence based and client centred care within the speciality of Spinal Cord Injury. To monitor and improve standards of care by efficient use of resources, utilising  clinical audit and research within Spinal Cord Injury with the MDT. To work as an autonomous practitioner being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, managing own caseload and maintaining accurate and timely records.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk