Senior Occupational Therapist Neurology

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Neurological Rehabilitation services to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our friendly, dynamic and forward-thinking team who take patients from Rotherham, Doncaster and Bassetlaw.

The successful candidate will join our welcoming and friendly Multidisciplinary Team, which includes Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Physiotherapists, Nurses and Rehab Assistants.

You will provide Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention across the neuroservices pathway to patients with a wide range of neurological conditions including brain injury, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS), spinal cord injury etc. There is also the opportunity to work across the wider neurological services in the trust, to increase clinical experience, working knowledge and support colleagues.

You will have plenty of scope to demonstrate and explore creative freedom within the role, as well as link with wider trust services e.g. Flourish.  Facilities patients can access for their rehabilitation comprise a wood workshop, splinting facilities, community settings and beautiful hospital grounds, including access to the walled garden etc.

This attractive Band 5 post is an exciting opportunity for a fixed term period (1 year) to cover a maternity leave.

Main duties of the job

Carry out an array of assessments to identify problems and devise treatment plans. Provide therapeutic intervention to a group of patients within the Neurorehabilitation setting.

Devise and delegate rehabilitation programmes to Rehabilitation Assistants dependent on level of competence.

Work in partnership with the Occupational Therapy Lead to monitor service performance and develop the service to meet the challenging needs of the pathway.

Attend meetings with the team and families to feedback progress, rehabilitation programmes and discuss discharge plans.

Provide supervision and developmental guidance to those working within the multidisciplinary team in relation to own areas of expertise and special interests.

If this sounds like the job for you, we would love to hear from you. We welcome applicants to get in touch for more information and have a look around our facilities. Please contact Laura Kramer, Clinical Lead OT [email protected]

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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