Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000

Job description

Job summary

The South Nottingham Integrated Community Stroke Service have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and skilled band 7 Occupational therapist(OT) to join our well-established service. This post a 0.96wte = 36hrs permanent position.

As a Highly Specialist OT; you will work as an autonomous practitioner, working collaboratively within an integrated multi-disciplinary team. You will manage a complex caseload and provide expert assessment and treatment programmes for patients who require specialist stroke rehabilitation.

Our Integrated Community Stroke Service delivers rehabilitation into various community settings 8am-5pm, 5 days a week, including Bank Holidays. Weekend working may be required in the future.

The team offers full or part time roles, including flexible working which aims to achieve the right work-life balance, maintaining the wellbeing of our workforce.

The Community Health Services Division of NottsHC has an extensive portfolio providing childrens, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. Offering various roles and career development opportunities, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care.

Main duties of the job

This role requires day-to-day delivery of patient care in our Integrated Community Stroke Multidisciplinary Team of AHP's.

Main duties include utilising highly specialist clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support assessments, treatment and management of stroke survivors with complex presentations.

As a highly specialist OT you will work closely with the MDT, communicating effectively with clients/carers and their families and supervise, teach and develop other staff as required. Supporting our clients within the community to enable them to live their optimum life, being as independent with their health needs as possible following a stroke.

You will be expected to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.

You will be providing locality leadership and support to staff regarding the delivery of the specialist community stroke rehabilitation and ongoing case management as part of the specialist service.

You will play a key part in the development of stroke management within community services and ensuring commissioned targets & Key Performance Indicators are met.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

Date posted: 14 March 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 186-302-25-GH

Job locations: Community Stroke Team - Lings Bar Hospital, Gamston, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6PR

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our dedicated Community Stroke Team across the South of Nottinghamshire.

This post will allow the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely within an integrated multi-disciplinary team, providing therapy to clients referred to the Community Stroke Rehabilitation services, including early support stroke rehabilitation. The multidisciplinary team includes Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, Clinical Neuro-Psychology, Assistant Practitioners and Rehabilitation support workers. We also provide a post stroke review for clients at 6 and 12 months.

As a Community Stroke service, we aim to offer a high quality therapy led Multidisciplinary Team approach providing stroke rehabilitation in a patients home or care home, focused around achievement of agreed rehabilitation goals.

As a Highly Specialist Occupational therapist in the Community Stroke team you will be expected to:

1. Manage a caseload using highly specialist Occupational Therapy assessment for stroke clients who may have complex and diverse presentations, and plan appropriate management and treatment using specialist advanced clinical reasoning skills and a wide range of therapeutic skills.
2. To provide high quality holistic evidence-based care to patients/service users that is responsive, effective and efficient.
3. To facilitate and support timely discharge and prevent inappropriate admissions by supporting patients/service users to remain as independent as possible and maintain or improve their level of function and quality of life.
4. To assist in the development and implementation of appropriate pathways of care for the Stroke pathway.
5. To provide locality team leadership and deputise for the Team Lead when needed and provide support with the clinical development and management of staff.
6. To be pro-active in delivering responsive and anticipatory care to the wider community, promoting independent healthy lifestyles, reducing health inequalities, and tackling underlying determinations of health, to improve overall qualities of life in the local population.
7. To provide some operational leadership; ensuring commissioned targets & Key Performance Indicators are met.
8. To provide support and training to junior staff and students within the team to manage complex patients who require rehabilitation.
9. To support the organisation and delivery of in-service training and initiate informal training sessions when required to ensure high standards of clinical care.

We know that compassionate leadership, which focuses on staff engagement and inclusion, supporting staff well-being and quality will deliver excellent outcomes for patients and therefore adopt an approach to ensure all staff voices are heard and contribute to strategic and operational improvements, promoting shared ambitions resulting in achievable outcomes.

Working with us will provide you the opportunity to really make a difference in ensuring that quality services are delivered both now and into the future based around the needs of our patients.

We therefore seek a compassionate, dynamic, innovative Occupational Therapist to join us on this journey and ensure our patients continue to receive exceptional care and we continue to be recognised as a great place to work.

The Community Stroke Team is split into three localities. The base of this role is within in the locality of Rushcliffe. The team work closely and will require you to work flexibly, across the whole of South Nottinghamshire, to support our evolving and developing service, supporting the team to deliver high quality integrated care.

This position requires you to work independently, but also be a team player, working closely with our Integrated Care Provider partners providing care to a diverse population covering many different geographies including, Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe.

As you settle in you will receive regular, meaningful clinical and managerial supervisions and an appraisal within 4 months of commencing in your role to establish how we can support you to be the best version of yourself, whilst achieving your developmental needs and aspirations.

You will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits NottsHC offer;

• Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with A4C terms and conditions)
• Pension scheme
• Flexible working and job share opportunities
• Promotion of a healthy work life balance
• Newly qualified staff will be offered a preceptorship programme
• Receive an induction which is tailored to suit your individual needs.
• Salary sacrifice schemes e.g. public transport loans, cycle schemes
• Staff discount schemes e.g. Discounted leisure Centre membership
• Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
• An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services
• Support for carers

Further information regarding NottsHC employee benefits can be found on our website.

The job description and person specification are attached for further information on this position.

If you are a Highly Specialised Occupational therapist and you are looking for your next challenge, we would love to hear from you!

Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa. Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Person Specification

Qualifications/Professional Registration/Experience

Essential

• BSc/MSc in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Significant experience at senior level in neuro rehabilitation
• Evidence of study at post graduate level in stroke/neuro

Desirable

• Educated to masters level
• Teaching and Assessing Qualification or equivalent experience and clinical educator
• Community Stroke Experience
• Management qualification/experience

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Specialist knowledge and experience of management of neuro/stroke patients/complex cases and diverse conditions.
• Advanced knowledge of neuro anatomy
• Understanding of local and national priorities relation to the stroke pathway
• Experience of leading/managing a team
• Experience of risk management, investigation of complaints/clinical risk incidents, conflict management
• Supervisory experience - mentoring and supporting staff

Desirable

• Evidence of participation in research/audit activity

Skills

Essential

• Leadership skills
• Complex caseload management
• Advanced clinical reasoning skills - Evidence of high level clinical assessment and treatment. Ability to assess, plan and evaluate treatment.
• Time management and prioritisation skills. Able to delegate.
• Organisational skills and use of initiative
• Self motivated, able to demonstrate motivation, drive and enthusiasm
• Ability to communicate with team, patients, families and other agencies
• Experience of service development
• Able to work as part of an MDT and support the wider team

Desirable

• Competent IT skills/presentation skills - system one
• Service development and redesign

Contractual

Essential

• Flexible - Working across sites as role demands, weekend working to meet the needs of the service and ability to travel between locations

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Community Stroke Team - Lings Bar Hospital, Gamston, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 6PR

Employer's website: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust