Job summary
- Main area
- Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Stroke
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 28 hours per week (working a rostered seven-day service)
- Job ref
- 177-EMER-7179170
- Employer
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- James Paget University Hospital
- Town
- Gorleston
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 6 Occupational Therapist - Stroke
NHS AfC: Band 6
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
BAND 6 SPECIALIST OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Acute Stroke
Permanent | Part Time (up to 28 hours)
Do you have a passion for stroke rehabilitation? Are you looking for the opportunity to deepen your knowledge base and expand your skillset as part of a committed and driven team? Are you interested in quality improvement?
We are looking for a therapist with NHS and stroke/brain injury experience who is looking to develop their Band 6 clinical and professional skills, working within the dynamic Stroke Therapy Team in the James Paget University Hospital Stroke Unit. We are able to offer bespoke training and encourage external education opportunities.
Main duties of the job
We know that development and wellbeing are crucial to the success of your work, and you will receive regular one-to-one supervision to discuss your progress, and any service evaluation and ideas. You will work alongside existing staff to share ideas to help develop yourself and the team. As a team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and rehabilitation assistants we are changing and developing our service continuously to improve delivery of rehabilitation. With a wider therapy department of more than 100 staff, there are lots of opportunities to develop and progress your career.
The James Paget Stroke Unit is commissioned to offer both acute care and rehabilitation, and as such the role provides the opportunity to develop skills in every phase of inpatient stroke rehabilitation, and joint-working to provide a solid discharge plan. As a specialist you would be providing a high standard of care to the more complex patients following stroke and brain injury, facilitating their rehabilitation journey.
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
We are committed to service development, with opportunities to lead on audit and service improvement. We have a dedicated research role within the team and are engaging with research opportunities locally and nationally. The profile of therapies is growing, and our voice and opinions are heard and valued at both departmental and operational levels.
If this advert sparks your interest and you think you fit the bill, we would love to hear from you. Call for a chat or to arrange a visit.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Trust offers:
- Training and development opportunities
- Protected CPD time
- Generous annual leave: 27 days on appointment, 29 days after five years’ service, and 33 days after 10 years’ service
- NHS pension scheme
- NHS discounts
- Salary Sacrifice car scheme
- Flexible working options, including nine-day fortnights, part-time working
- Employee celebration - regular staff awards
- International peer support group and celebration events
- Neurodiversity support
- Health and Wellbeing Service, including counselling, physiotherapy, mental health, and menopause support etc.
- Career pathway development, supportive PDP to help you achieve your goals
- Social events
- Long service recognition
- On-site parking
- Single accommodation on site for new staff
- Occupational Therapy specific training in an integrated therapy department
- Recruitment support
- Excellent maternity packag
Please see the attached Job Description for details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Please watch the following videos for an insight into our Integrated Therapies Department:
Landscape version: https://youtu.be/tklpzav7UrU
Portrait version: https://youtube.com/shorts/U4lwU9T1wKA?feature=share
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree/MSc in Occupational Therapy
- Current Health and Care Professions Council registration
- Evidence of up-to-date manual handling, relevant post-graduate courses or CPD and reflections of learning
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken a student educators/supervision course
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with stroke survivors in an acute or rehabilitation setting
- Clinical experience within the NHS to include acute hospital setting and discharge planning
- Experience at Band 5 level within a range of clinical areas
- Evidence of acting in a supervisory manner, providing specialist guidance, training and support to other staff or students
- Experience of working with a range of professionals within multidisciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Working knowledge of stroke/brain injury including recovery pathways and approaches to treatment
- Working knowledge of clinical governance and implications for own work
- Experience at Band 6 level
- Involvement in service improvement/project work
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Adaptable communication skills including empathy, assertiveness and negotiation skills, and evidence of working with barriers to communication
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and support others with this
- Ability to act as an autonomous practitioner with minimum supervision
- Ability to work proactively under pressure and work flexibly
- Evidence of initiative and ability to promote change
- Recognise own limitations and know when to ask for help
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Power
- Job title
- Integrated Therapies Administrator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01493 453121
- Additional information
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm
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