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Job summary

Main area
Stroke - Early Supported Discharge Service
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
0.6 WTE permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Includes working some weekend working.)
Job ref
321-MRC-6149340-B6
Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
OX3 7HE
Town
Oxford
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/05/2024 23:59

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Occupational Therapist - Early Supported Discharge Service

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Band 6 OT Early Supported Discharge (ESD) for Stroke Service.

The ESD for stroke team is dedicated to helping stroke patients return home sooner by providing high quality, specialist stroke rehabilitation in the home environment to achieve our patient's individual goals.

We are looking for a professional, caring and compassionate occupational therapist to provide specialist stroke rehabilitation in patients homes.

You will have experience of delivering evidence based stroke rehabilitation  and are looking to develop your career.

You are motivated, flexible and will work autonomously; managing your own caseload with the support of an experienced multi-disciplinary team who will  guide your professional development. 

The role involves driving within the county of Oxfordshire, and access to a car is essential.   Please state this in your application.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Sarah King (Occupational Therapy Team lead in ESD) on 07500 793062 for an informal conversation about the role.

 

 

Main duties of the job

  • To support and deliver specialist assessment, planning and rehabilitation to a complex clinical caseload of patients who have had a stroke 
  • To be a stroke specialist resource for clinical staff to support the assessment, treatment planning and clinical interventions for the patient group 
  • To be involved with the collection and analysis of data to demonstrate inputs, efficacy and outcomes 
  • To maintain multi-disciplinary clinical notes that meet Trust and professional standards 
  • To be involved in weekly multi-disciplinary meeting discussions in relation to patients within the stroke pathway 
  • To contribute to the clinical research agenda of the stroke pathway 
  • To support all members of the therapy team and the assurance of competence within the MDT  
  • To work in partnership with the community care services to ensure the competence of all staff working with stroke survivors  
  • To work with other colleagues, as the occasion arises, in supporting the management and development of the Oxfordshire stroke pathway 
  • To work flexibly across the pathway to ensure that therapy resource maps to patient need 
  • To support the development, along with the other senior staff within the pathway, the profile of ESD with all relevant GP practices 

 

 

 

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here  www.ouh.nhs.uk

 

Our core values are excellencecompassionrespectdeliverylearning and improvement.

Collaboration and partnership are also central to our approach in delivering our fundamental activities of patient care teaching and research.

These values determine the Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's vision to be:

"At the heart of a sustainable and outstanding, innovative, academic health science system, working in partnership and through networks locally, nationally and internationally to deliver and develop excellence and value in patient care, teaching and research within a culture of compassion and integrity.

This vision is underpinned by the Trust's founding partnership with the University of Oxford."

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please state in your application that you are a car driver, with access to your own vehicle for work, as these are essential requirements for this role.

Please see the attached job descriptions and person specifications for more information about the role. 

 

Person specification

criteria

Essential criteria
  • *Qualification - Professional Qualification (Degree or equivalent)
  • Current registration as an occupational therapist with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) relevant to neurological rehabilitation
  • Experience - Relevant experience of rehabilitation of patients with neurological conditions
  • Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
  • *Skills - Ability to work as autonomous practitioner
  • To have an appropriate knowledge and interest in rehabilitation and have clinical expertise in stroke assessments and treatments
  • To have excellent English verbal and written communication skills
  • To be IT literate
  • To be flexible and responsive to the changing demands of the service.
Desirable criteria
  • *Qualification -  Post Graduate Education specifically relating to client group (MSC or equivalent)
  • Membership of either physiotherapy specialist interest group (ACPIN) or Occupational Therapy Specialist Section for Neurological Practice (SSNP)
  • Experience working within the context of early supported discharge or domiciliary therapy
  • *Skills - To have a good knowledge of community services

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah King
Job title
Lead Occupational Therapist ESD
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07500793062
Additional information

Michelle Fellerdale 

Team Lead Occupational Therapist

[email protected]

07774556570

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