Principle Occupational Therapist for Stroke

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Job Summary:

To lead a high quality, effective and efficient stroke therapy service within inpatient therapy services

To utilise highly specialised and expert clinical reasoning skills and Occupational Therapy  knowledge to manage an autonomous caseload and provide support to the stroke therapy  and neuro outliers OT team

To be the lead Occupational  therapist for the stroke units at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

To support the inpatient Lead OT  in the operational management of the stroke OT team.  Ensuring development of the service in line with evidence based practice and working across the whole stroke and neuro pathway

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Result Areas & Performance:

1          CLINICAL

• To be responsible for the delivery of Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust inpatient stroke OT services.
• To act as a source of expertise in the management of stroke rehabilitation and provide an advisory and teaching role to patients, other therapists and healthcare professionals, GPs and consultants as required.
• To be an autonomous practitioner and an expert clinician in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients referred for stroke rehabilitation at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
• To provide effective  clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary stroke team incorporating physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists and support staff.
• To work with the Inpatient lead therapists, Head of Therapies and other relevant partners, in developing the strategic and operational management of the stroke service.
• To use a highly advanced theoretical and evidence based knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology and clinical reasoning to assess and diagnose patients, often in situations where conflicting evidence is present.
• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients, and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time, ensuring a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and under the management of the staff for whom you are clinically responsible
• To demonstrate physical ability to carry out highly skilled therapy assessments and interventions including a wide range of therapy techniques and therapeutic handling
• To co-ordinate intervention which may include other disciplines, including advising and educating patients, carers and relatives
• To provide specialist advice and guidance regarding medical conditions relevant to falls to other health care professionals, both within and outside the Trust.
• To be responsible for ensuring that quality standards and effectiveness of patient care are continually improved by self and designated team through formal and informal facilitation / staff development

2              WORKFORCE

• To provide expert advice, guidance and support, both spontaneous and planned, to other therapists (physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists) in the management of patients following a stroke.
• To be responsible for the daily management, supervision and co-ordination of OT stroke team, including staff appraisal, performance management, informal grievance, and to be able to lead on staff recruitment.

3              FINANCIAL

• To provide an efficient and effective stroke service within the allocated budget by appropriate management of the resources