Senior Neuro Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is an innovative and dynamic place to work. Our values – Patient Centred and Safe, Professional, Responsive and Friendly – are at the core of our practice and care and are the basis for our interactions with patients and each other.

We work collaboratively with our NHS partners across Wiltshire and into Dorset and Hampshire to ensure that local people have access to the best possible healthcare services.

Due to increased funding for stroke intensity rehabilitation we are looking for a motivated individual who is committed to working as part of our neuro rehab team providing specialist stroke therapy to optimise quality of life.

We are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist with Stroke and/or Neuro experience to join the Stroke team. The role will be based on the stroke unit within Salisbury hospital assessing and managing a varied caseload including a range of neurological conditions within this specialised area.

Professional and specialist supervision is available from senior members of staff, and successful candidates will be working closely with all areas of the MDT.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Lauren Hicks - Stroke Rehabilitation Intensity Lead Sarah Gibney - Clinical Lead Stroke Physiotherapist (Sarah.gibney@nhs.net) or Claire Shutler or Claire Shutler - Clinical Lead Stroke Occupational Therapist (Claire.Shutler@nhs.net)

Phone - 01722 336262 bleep 1459.

Main duties of the job

Our ideal candidate will be confident with appropriate experience, clearly able to demonstrate a desire to actively participate in all aspects of the role. They must be willing and able to lead on various elements of the work in this exciting and demanding acute area of physiotherapy. The successful candidate must be an effective team player with excellent communication and organisational skills. They will be able to demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and have the ability to explain their decisions and actions in a way that all concerned will be able to understand. They must also be able to demonstrate evidence of recent learning and examples of continued professional and clinical development.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.