Are you a confident and motivated Band 5 or an emerging Band 6 Occupational Therapist who would like to develop new clinical and managerial skills within an acute setting?

Are you a motivated and forward thinking Occupational Therapist looking to develop specialist skills within an acute in-patient therapy team?

An excellent and exciting opportunity has arisen to work within an innovative and dynamic team of therapists within London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. We are looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapists to join our Neuro and Stroke rotations.

The Therapy Department holds a high profile within the Trust and you will be encouraged to develop your clinical, teaching and managerial skills according to the area of work setting and CPD guidelines. Support and supervision will be provided by experienced occupational therapists. Our multidisciplinary Therapies department is committed to development and offers a large range of in-service and external training to suit individual's needs. There are new and exciting projects continually being undertaken which you will be given the opportunity to partake in.

Main duties of the job

This post is an addition to the rotations and will start in the newly created Harrow stroke ESD team.

We run 7 days services which you will be expected to work with, which is followed by rest days. We would be happy to look at possible developmental opportunities at a band 5.

Rotations include:

Neuro Outliers

Hyperacute Stroke

Stroke rehabilitation

RHRU (regional neuro rehab unit)

Stroke Early Supported Discharge team - Brent and Harrow

All posts are based at Northwick Park Hospital

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A& E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• degree in OT
• HCPC

Desirable

• Post graduate courses specific to neurology
• SSNP membership

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 2 years band 5 exp inc. neuro
• NHS experience

Desirable

• Experience in therapy adjuncts for neuro OT e.g. wheelchair prescription, cognitive assessment

Skills

Essential

• High standard communication at MDT level
• Evidence of clinical reasoning and treatment

Desirable

• Clinical educator or experience taking students / teaching
• Experience of clinical audit

Employer details

Employer name

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Northwick Park Hospital

Harrow

HA1 3UJ

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