Job overview

As a team leader working with the Principal Occupational Therapist in planning, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating the Occupational Therapy Service provided to patients with complex neurological disorders.  

Carry out advanced assessment, treatment, and management of patients with complex neurological disorders and to contribute the MDT assessment determining appropriateness for admission, and / or provision of recommendations to referrer.

To work as part of an inter-disciplinary team planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.

Jointly deputise in the absence of the Principal Occupational Therapist to coordinate day to day planning and to represent the department at relevant meetings both in and outside the Trust.

Lead audits and participate in research activities on the RHRU, which acts as a national focus for research and training.

Responsible for training/education and supervision of junior staff members, including participation in organising and teaching on courses taking place as part of the RHRU remit.  

Main duties of the job

Carry a complex neuro caseload, with responsibility of key working up to 2 patients as per service needs require.

Condition management

·         Deliver clinically sound, evidence-based treatment approaches:

o   Treatment and rehab of neurological Upper Limb – spasticity, splinting, Arm Programmes, Arm Group,

o    PDOC assessment and management, including complex postural management etc. 

o   Cognitive assessment, rehabilitation

·         Be involved, and sometimes, as a key worker take the lead in complex discharge planning, including practical arrangements and meeting administrative deadlines.

·         Family support / education

·         Occupation focussed goal setting, conceptualisation and formulation

Service improvement / Research

·         Take active role to contribution to research base for profession and OT department on the RHRU

·         Lead service improvement projects as agreed with clinical lead.

·         Support Band 6’s in planning, evaluation and audit of practice, and clinical pathways.

·         Participate in unidisciplinary and multidisciplinary internal and external teaching and training

·         Attendance at annual conferences and external courses

Management/Supervision

·         Undertake the supervision and appraisal of 2 x Specialist Occupational Therapist,

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Working for our organisation

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.