Do you work in the North West London sector or are you looking to relocate to London? Neurosciences and Stroke services at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have exciting secondment opportunities available. These would suit a band 7 OT looking for further clinical development, or a band 6 OT looking to challenge yourself. Our teams are supported by clinical experts at a band 8 level. We have access to research opportunities, quality improvement and innovation projects that are well supported by our senior therapy leadership team.

We have secondments within the Major Trauma & Neurosurgery team at St Mary's Hospital and the Stroke Hyper Acute & Acute Stroke team at Charing Cross Hospital. Depending on applicants preference this can also be offered as a fixed term contract. As a successful candidate you will have the opportunity to provide high quality Occupational Therapy to patients with a wide range of neurological conditions whilst growing your specialist experience and leadership skills in a welcoming and supportive environment.

You will receive regular supervision from the lead therapists to support your clinical and professional development. We actively support continuing personal and professional development through an established performance development review (PDR) system, in-service training and external courses.

Main duties of the job

• To support the provision of neuro occupational therapy assessment and treatment of patients with acute, chronic, and life-limiting conditions to enable optimum functioning. You will have access to a wide neuro specialist medical team to discuss complex cases to optimize patient care.
• To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management and those of more junior staff. Enabling the provision of a comprehensive and appropriate occupational therapy service to stroke and neuro-trauma patients.
• To provide leadership to the in-patient neurosciences, stroke and trauma team alongside other band 7 neuro specialist OTs and the clinical therapy leads.
• To support service development within the team and present a positive and inspirational role model for all team members.
• To develop close working relationships and service links with the Clinical Team Lead Therapists from our other services. You will be part of the band 7 peer group for OTs working within neurosciences which consists of four large teams (neuro rehabilitation, stroke, neurology & neurosurgery and major trauma).

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• Degree (or equivalent) in Occupational Therapy
• State registration with the Health Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
• Clinical Educators course or equivalent

Desirable

• Membership of the Professional Organisation
• Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
• Management skills or leadership training

Experience

Essential

• Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
• Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
• Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures

Desirable

• Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
• Leadership of a therapy team
• Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential

• Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions
• Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions
• Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
• Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area
• Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations
• Competent IT skills

Desirable

• Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
• Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis

Employer details

Employer name

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

St Mary's Hospital

London

W2 1NY

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290-MIC-1187