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Job summary

Main area
Stroke and Neuro
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 8 months (duration might be extended if not working full time)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
220-WHT-3776
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Outlook Centre
Town
St Johns Way
Salary
£46,419 - £55,046 Inner London HCAS per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/03/2026 23:59

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Specialist OT community Stroke and Neuro - 8 months FTC

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Job overview

To work within the Islington MDT Stroke and Neuro Team comprising of PT, PT, SLT, CHP. 

 

To provide an assessment, advisory and treatment service to community clients with neurological conditions referred or admitted to the Islington Locality Therapies Service, working flexibly with all other members of the team to provide an integrated rehabilitation service in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies of the service.

 

Clients may be seen in a variety of settings, including inpatient facilities, their own homes, residential homes, places of work and leisure facilities.  The caseload is varied and comprises people who have mobility, cognitive and neurological problems

 

The caseload is varied and comprises people who have mobility, cognitive and neurological problems

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Working for our organisation

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 Trust believes 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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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 client’s 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

 

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria
  • degree in OT or equivalent
  • HCPC registration
  • post grad courses - normal movement, counselling, neurology, COOP, Postural management

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • Demonstrates ICARE values
  • Flexibly approach to changing circumstances and departmental needs
  • able to manage own wellbeing and support colleagues as needed

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Juliet Benton
Job title
Speciality Service Manager - Therapies
Email address
[email protected]

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