Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke and Neurological
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Friday and a Weekend Rota)
- Job ref
- 824-HERTS-7357255
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Holywell Neurological Rehabilitation Unit
- Town
- Watford
- Salary
- £40,617 - £48,778 Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Neuro Occupational Therapist
Band 6
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
To join a wonderful team of therapy and nursing professionals in a 20 bed inpatient rehabilitation unit. To work with the team in providing specialist evidence based Occupational Therapy to patients with Stroke / Neurological conditions.
To engage in continuous professional development and share learning with in the team to engage in a cultural of development, innovation and improvement.
Main duties of the job
To work as an active member of the Holywell inpatient therapy team which specialises in stroke and neurological conditions.
To support the OT team and wider multi-disciplinary team in developing the service to ensure integrated, evidence-based practice.
To provide specialist assessment and treatment of stroke and neurological conditions.
To provide advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, patients, carers and relatives.
To be responsible for a caseload of complex physical / cognitive and emotional needs and facilitate positive rehabilitation outcomes and timely co-ordinated discharge plans.
To support across Hertfordshire bedded units as staffing requires.
You will be responsible for supervising members of staff and students.
To will provide expert advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, carers, relatives and other non-professionals.
To participate in a 7 day service covering weekends on a rota basis
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.**
Person specification
Edudcational/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current AHP with UK HCPC registration
- Experience of working with neurological patients in delivery of rehabilitation packages or in a rehab setting at Band 5 level.
- Documented evidence of professional development and reflective practice in relevant aspects of neurological rehabilitation e.g. attendance at in-service training sessions, reflective practice
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at relevant post-graduate neurological training courses e.g. Bobath, spasticity management , splinting, cognition and perceptual assessment , fatigue management
- Experience of working in a neurological rehabilitation setting at band 6 level.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability and experience of carrying out a comprehensive neurological occupational therapy assessment to formulate a comprehensive neurological treatment plan and goals.
- Knowledge and experience of using a wide range of therapeutic occupational therapy interventions for the treatment of patients with neurological conditions.
- Knowledge and experience of using a range of recognised outcome measures and goal setting skills as appropriate to the rehabilitation of patients with a range of neurological conditions.
- Good understanding of current NHS issues, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance.
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner
- Able to work with individuals and groups
- Clinical problem solving ability
- Knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practice
- Understand professional ethics and their application in practice
- React in a flexible way to changing demands in service
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising and appraising other staff e.g. rehabilitation assistants
- Experience of supervising student occupational therapists.
- Experience in delivering training to other members of the MDT and care workers.
- Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for the service
- Delegated management responsibilities within service area
- Innovative ideas
- Involvement in service development
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, other health professionals, patients and their relatives/carers
- Ability to present information accurately, written and oral, in English
- Work in a team and understand team dynamics
- Word processing, e-mail, internet skills •
- Keep legible and accurate patient records in English.
- Clinical problem solving ability in complex cases.
- Ability to prioritise patient workload
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shabinah Fazilahmed
- Job title
- OT Team Lead - Holywell
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07471026683
- Additional information
Please note that I work Monday - Thursday
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