Specialist Occupational Therapist

The Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6) will provide specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for patients with stroke and a wide range of neurological conditions within the Neurosciences service. You will manage a complex caseload, delivering evidence-based, patient-centred interventions to maximise independence, recovery and quality of life.

Key responsibilities include undertaking comprehensive assessments of patients' physical, cognitive, perceptual, sensory, functional and psychosocial needs; implementing individualised rehabilitation programmes; providing equipment and leading on complex discharges; managing clinical risk, including moving and handling considerations.

You will play a leading role in complex discharge planning, working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, community teams and external agencies to ensure safe, timely and effective transitions of care.

As a senior member of the team, the you will contribute to service development and the promotion of evidence-based neurological rehabilitation. They will support and supervise junior occupational therapy staff, therapy assistants and students.

If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

Qualifications

Essential: - BSc OT; - Health Professions Council registration; - Relevant post-graduate experience

Desirable: - MSc OT

Experience

Attitude & Aptitude