Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist with the special interest in clinical leadership in Stroke. This is a permanent position based at Stoke-On-Trent and East Cheshire. You will join a progressive, innovative multi-disciplinary stroke service with an excellent research and care delivery record. 

The Clinical Lead Specialist Occupational therapist in Stroke will provide clinical and managerial leadership which inspires, motivates and empowers therapists in the delivery of excellent patient care and experience in Stroke care.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day operational service planning and delivery of stroke therapy input to the specialist stroke services based at Stoke-On-Trent and East Cheshire. You will be clinically accountable for the standards of the therapy input within the ICSRS to provide a safe, effective service.

Our community team is part of the Greater Manchester Neurorehabilitation & Integrated Stroke Delivery Network and have robust links with our hyper acute and acute stroke service in Royal Stoke University Hospital.

Main duties of the job

• Inspire and motivate others to deliver best practice and to continually improve standards in line with the evidence base and national guidelines.
• Provide clinical leadership and influence for planning and service delivery within clinical area of expertise.
• To demonstrate professional skills, standards and experience consistent with a specialist in the field and to ensure/oversee that services provided comply with professional and departmental standards of practice in collaboration with the clinical service leads /clinical academics and clinical leads.
• To maintain and develop a breadth of knowledge of highly specialist assessment and intervention skills, including knowledge of appropriate specialist aids and equipment relevant to area of practice and to manage a clinical caseload as compatible with management responsibilities.
• Promote and develop a learning environment within area of practice using a collaborative approach.
• To support the development and implementation of a training strategy for area of responsibility in collaboration with team leads/clinical academics, and clinical specialists.
• Support research awareness and activity within the team, in collaboration with the clinical academics and clinical leads in therapies.
• To promote evidence-based practice.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people, and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full-time, part-time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.