# Senior Occupational Therapist - Acute Stroke (Fixed Term)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust
- **Location:** The County Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (maternity cover)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Weekend Working rota in place for acute stroke)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T07:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:21:12.218Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Herefordshire/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/OT/OT-v8324019
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324019?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Due to maternity leave an exciting opportunity has become available for a Specialist Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our inpatient Stroke team, based here at Hereford County Hospital.

The service covers both acute stroke and rehabilitation with the multi-disciplinary team consisting of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants, Nursing, CNS, HCAs . The Occupational Therapists provide holistic patient care and enable recovery. As a service we support you to continue to develop your clinical, leadership and service development skills.

### Main duties of the job

The team is part of the stroke pathway which links with the community stroke team.

We provide hyperacute/acute stroke care for people presenting with symptoms of stroke, as well as providing inpatient rehabilitation prior to discharge from hospital.

You will work to best practice guidelines to assess and treat stroke patients alongside MDT colleagues.

You will be able to work at a fast pace to ensure timely assessments / interventions & contribute to MDT decision making.

The service works across 7 days and bank holidays.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
- Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment

### Education & Qualifications

**Essential**

- Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience

### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

**Essential**

- Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
- Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
- Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
- Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail

## Documents

- [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985)
- [229-ic-7905517 jdps (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10645967)
- [occupational therapy mission & vision (pdf, 645.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10645968)

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