Band 7 Specialist Occupational Therapist - Stroke

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative Occupational Therapist to join the Stroke Therapy Team in Swindon Intermediate Care Centre (SWICC). This is a 12-month contract to cover Maternity leave.

This post is based at SWICC, which is a purpose-built 60-bedded inpatient rehabilitation unit on the Great Western Hospital site with access to excellent facilities, including a therapy gym and therapy rehab kitchen.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the stroke team on Forest ward to strengthen your clinical and leadership skills. You will be using your stroke rehabilitation skills, including cognitive rehab, upper limb, and functional rehabilitation. You will be working within the stroke and fractured NOF pathway patients but also work with other general rehab patients.

The team works across the stroke pathway and is led by a band 8a Physiotherapist, and you will be supported by Band 7 clinical Specialists in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Nursing, and Speech and Language Therapy.

Feedback from staff is that the whole SWICC therapy team is a very supportive team and always willing to help each other, which sometimes requires covering across services when necessary. We are keen to ensure the continued development of our staff, and as such, there are both internal and external opportunities for training and development.

Contact Details:
[e-mail]
01793 605528

Main Duties of the Job

1. To be responsible for the day-to-day organisation of the Occupational Therapy services across the stroke pathway in cooperation with the other band 7s.
2. To provide Occupational Therapy support and advice for Stroke and neurological cases across the Great Western NHS Foundation Trust, including providing expert opinions to consultants on rehabilitation potential.
3. To manage your own specialist caseload and that of the team under your direct supervision, including Band 2-6 Occupational Therapists and Assistants.
4. To lead a multidisciplinary approach to individual complex case management, including communicating with and referring to an extensive network of health and social services professionals, family and carers, and the voluntary sector.
5. To provide autonomous clinical decision-making.
6. To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of Stroke and neurological patients with complex presentations and to organise this effectively and efficiently.
7. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable as an autonomous practitioner for all aspects of your own work, ensuring a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management.
8. To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients with complex presentations using highly specialised skills, including manual techniques and advanced clinical reasoning.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.

About Us

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be as inclusive as possible.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you, so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit our website.

Date Posted: 08 April 2025

Pay Scheme: Agenda for Change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working Pattern: Full-time

Reference Number: HCRGCG/TP/111228/14766

Job Locations:

HCRG Care Group
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 6BB