Job overview

Do you have experience in the field of neurorehabilitation, wheelchair services, hand therapy or paediatrics?  Come and join our dynamic team of occupational therapists and support workers providing high quality specialist spinal rehabilitation at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.  The National Spinal Injuries Centre has a long history and is the largest of the UK spinal centres with 102 beds.  The OTs are an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team and help to deliver the service including key working responsibilities.  There are opportunities for ongoing education and  to develop your skills working with experts in this specialist field.

Main duties of the job

Manage a caseload of patients with spinal cord injury and be responsible for the assessment, treatment and evaluation of these individuals. 

Your patients will have complex presentations and you will need to draw on your years of experience in a wide variety of settings to ensure all interaction is patient centred.   

Close collaboration with colleagues in physiotherapy is essential.  Supervision of staff and providing education for patients and their families is key to this role as is liaison with community services. 

You will be involved in departmental audit, service development and research projects as well as being involved in the management of the service on a day to day basis.

Working for our organisation

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 What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.  
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

 Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

 What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.