Occupational Therapy Clinical lead - Neurology

Job overview

Powys Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team (CNRT) looks forward to welcoming an Occupational Therapist to join our team on a fixed-term contract until 31st March 2027 providing maternity leave cover.

If you have specialist knowledge and experience in Neurology, enjoy working within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) and want to utilise and develop your skills and knowledge within a highly specialist, community, consultant-led therapy service, we very much welcome your interest in this role.

Main duties of the job

Powys CNRT specialises in therapeutic rehabilitation and management strategies for adults with progressive and non-progressive neurological disability and includes:

• Consultant Therapist
• Consultant Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist
• Highly Specialist Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists
• Motor Neuro Care Coordinator
• Therapy support workers
• Administrative coordinator

CNRT operates Weekdays 8:30am - 4:30pm. This role can be based at either Welshpool or Newtown Hospital, dependent on the successful candidates preference, covering a community caseload across the whole of North Powys.

Main responsibilities include:

• Provide Highly Specialist Occupational Therapy to patients with neurological disability.
• Ensure high standards of clinical care within the team, through performance monitoring and the training and development of others.
• To act as a source of expertise in the holistic management of neurological needs, providing strategies and education to patients, carers/families, professionals and other services involved as part of an interdisciplinary approach to patient care.
• To activity engage in CPD and service development work.

We would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers; but even if you don’t speak any Welsh, or want to develop your skills, don’t worry: the health board will support you with training.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

You must have the ability to travel independently within the community and between sites in a timely manner.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

If you are interested in this post and would like to find out more, please feel welcome to contact us.