Job overview

Are you an experienced and passionate Occupational Therapist (OT) ready to expand your skills in neuro rehabilitation.

  We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 OT to join our, neuro rehabilitation teams. This is a limited rotational post across our hyper acute, acute, and Intermediate Neurorehabilitation services giving you the opportunity to develop specialist skills across the full rehabilitation in-patient pathway. Our hyper acute and acute services are based at Salford Royal Hospital, close to the centre of Manchester and our Intermediate Neurorehabilitation unit is a standalone unit located in Rochdale, northeast of Manchester.  The flexibility to travel across sites is therefore required.

You'll be working with a diverse caseload delivering highly specialist patient centred care to individuals with a range of complex neurological conditions including patients with TBI, ABI and Spinal cord injury as well as patients with Persistent Disorders of Consciousness (PDoC).

You’ll be part of an expanding in-patient Neuro OT network working across the 4 Neuro rehab units operated by the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) with close links with the remaining OTs at the INRU in Trafford.  You will also have close contact with the extended OT neuro and trauma OT’s operating from Salford Royal. The opportunities for support, advice training and development is therefore extensive.

If you are interested in this role then please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.

Main duties of the job

•    To deliver high-quality Occupational therapy services for all patients admitted with a Neurological condition.
•    Complete specialist assessments and provide evidence-based interventions tailored to patients' needs.
•    Contribute to goal setting and discharge planning in collaboration with patients, families and wider MDT.
•    Liaise effectively with community services to ensure seamless transitions.
•    Support junior staff, students and assistants through supervision and mentoring. 
•    Participate in audit, service development, and quality improvement initiatives. 
•    Maintain accurate and timely documentation in accordance with trust policies.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and  flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.