Specialist Neuro Occupational Therapist | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - London - ref. h3374415

The services work in partnership with our community services to provide pathways from admission to transfer of care into the community.

You will be able to support the MDT to develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes whilst working to within the services standards of care set by the commissioners. The team is supported with a dedicated team of nurses and healthcare assistants including a clinical nurse specialists.

You will work as an integral member of the MDT. You will support the training requirements of the MDT team and occupational therapy junior staff and students.

The post holder must be an effective communicator with neuro-rehabilitation clinical skills and experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.The role will require a range of skills: clinical, supervisory, educational, service development and review.

• As a Band 7 Specialist Neuro occupational therapist the post holder will be responsible for performing advanced assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex medical, physical and psychological conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised management/treatment programme. Following assessment the post holder will be responsible for making therapeutic and/or clinical diagnoses and treating their own caseload of specialised and complex patients/clients and maintaining associated records.
• The post holder may lead a team and be responsible for providing an advanced standard of care to patients at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust, which covers a multi-cultural and diverse population. The post holder will supervise the work of other more junior staff and support workers. The post holder may be rotational and will be expected to work across all sites of the ICHNT. The post holder will assist the Clinical Lead in contributing to the planning, coordination, development and evaluation of the service. Together with other senior staff, you will act as a resource of specialist advice to the rest of the therapy service and other professions.
• For therapy services where there is current weekend working, the post holder is required to work at weekends as part of their contracted hours of work once they have completed the relevant induction and achieved the required competencies (specific rota details are held locally within departments).

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview..

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Monday 20 Jan 2025