Specialist OT community Stroke and Neuro - 12 months FTC
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
St Johns Way, N19 3RQ
Salary
£47,951 to £56,863
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
10 September 2026
10 days left
Job description
this is a 12 months fixed term contract to work within the Islington MDT Stroke and Neuro Team comprising of PT, PT, SLT, CHP. To provide an assessmen...
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1. To manage a caseload of clients with simple to complex needs with supervision and guidance as necessary from senior staff. To successfully monitor, evaluate and review occupational therapy treatment/interventions within a multi-disciplinary framework and to modify as necessary taking a key worker role as indicated.
2. Develop and conduct Occupational Therapy intervention with clients assessing their occupational needs and addressing quality of life, and physical, cognitive, affective, social, and environmental issues utilising appropriate individual or group treatment methods.
3. To use developed physical skills in client interventions, such as upper limb rehabilitation, activities of daily living, splint fabrication/orthoses (hand splints).
4. To devise and manage a treatment plan individual to a clients presenting condition through, for example, the use of functional rehabilitation, adaptation, equipment provision, education, and health promotion.
5. To supervise students and colleagues as needed
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work
Education and Qualification
Essential
- degree in OT or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- post grad courses - normal movement, counselling, neurology, COOP, Postural management
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- demonstrates active involvement in MDT work
- demonstrates strong clinical reason skills with assessment and treatment planning
- demostrates use of safe manual handling practices
- Demonstrates ability to work as a long worker
- demonstrates ability to self motive and take the initiative
- demonstrates good time management and organisational skills
- Demonstrates ability to prioritise and problem solve
- Demonstrates a client centred approach to care
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates strong concepts of OT role within community neuro rehab
- shows knowledge of up to date evidence based practice including a variety of neuro assessment and treatment approaches
- previous experience in the NHS
- previous experience in stroke and neuro community rehabilitation
- Experience working in the NHS
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates ICARE values
- Flexibly approach to changing circumstances and departmental needs
- able to manage own wellbeing and support colleagues as needed
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
27 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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