Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Oxfordshire Stroke Rehabilitation Unit at Abingdon Community Hospital is delighted to  offer the opportunity for a full time Band 6 Occupational Therapist (OT) within our service.  If you are passionate about working in an adult inpatient physical rehabilitation setting, and award winning team, where our goal is to enhance our patient's quality of life and health and facilitate their safe discharge from hospital, then we are the team for you.

We would love to hear from any experienced Occupational Therapists who have the compassion,  skills and knowledge to help us assess our patient's and deliver person centred interventions which impact daily activities and functioning and improve health and well being and return to independence.

We're a  supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable community hospital  multi-disciplinary team. You will receive quality individual, safeguarding and reflective practice supervision.

We are a progressive service keen to look forward and find ways to develop and improve the service.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the specialist stroke rehabilitation team to provide a high-quality rehabilitation service, in line with current best evidence-based practice, for stroke patients on the Oxfordshire stroke pathway. To empower clients to manage their conditions effectively and maximise their potential to reach their goals of self-management, access to their environment and return to previous occupations and involvement in the community.

This role would suit someone who is experienced  in conducting  specific physical and cognitive/functional assessments and delivering interventions to support  stroke rehabilitation.  The post holder should be able to  communicate this effectively within the MDT and family but also externally to key organisations such as  social care and specialist services. You will also have responsibility for  prescribing equipment and assessing home environments as appropriate.  You will also be expected to represent and lead the service at family meetings, and be aware of the protocols and procedures in place to ensure clinical governance and adherence to standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Care Responsibilities may include:

• Deliver safe and effective rehabilitative care for stroke patients, working in partnership with the multidisciplinary stroke team across acute and community settings.
• Undertake specialist neurological assessments of complex stroke patients as an autonomous practitioner, using evidence-based practice and advanced clinical reasoning to guide treatment.
• Develop and implement patient-specific programmes of stroke rehabilitation, setting measurable goals, evaluating progress, and adapting treatment to optimise recovery.
• Work collaboratively with the stroke MDT to provide high-quality neurological rehabilitation, ensuring adherence to national stroke guidelines and effective interagency liaison for seamless patient care.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.