Occupational Therapist Stroke ServicesNHS

Job summary

Make a Difference Where It Matters Most, Help Transform Lives After Stroke

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to develop your specialist stroke rehabilitation skills within a dedicated inpatient community stroke service?

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team, the location is a brand new purpose built unit based in Camborne, Cornwall, designed with space and calm in mind to ensure an effective rehabilitation environment is achieved. The unit is modern and airy and has a dedicated fully equipped gym. This team works in collaboration and close pathway working with the onward community stroke rehab service ICSS and specialist stroke and neurorehabilitation team to ensure access to experienced clinicians is achieved. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a specialist ward-based rehabilitation environment, supporting patients following stroke to regain independence, maximise function, and achieve their individual rehabilitation goals.

Working alongside a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based stroke rehabilitation, supporting patients from the early stages of recovery through to discharge planning and transition back into the community.

Main duties of the job

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management.

To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnoses and prognoses in a wide range of stroke conditions independently, and for complex conditions.

To recommend the best course of intervention and to develop comprehensive discharge plans.

To undertake the comprehensive assessment of stroke patients, using investigative and analytical skills.

To use clinical reasoning and utilise a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate management and treatment programmes of care that are sensitive to individual values, cultural and religious diversity.

The Occupational therapy team consists of peers, band 5 and rehabilitation support workers and is clinically lead by a band 7 Occupational therapy clinical lead whom works across both the community stroke units ( Bodmin and Camborne) .

Job description

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.