Adult Neuro Occupational therapist - Band 6 NHS AfC: Band 6

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals

Job overview

Role of the department

‘Investing in our patient community, empowering them to live well‘ is the team vision which we work collectively to achieve. The Sutton Community Neuro therapy & Adult Speech & Language therapy service is a Multi disciplinary team offering specialist, comprehensive assessment & intervention. We work with adults in the Sutton area of

South West London who have Neurological conditions.

The service has various pathways which enable us to deliver intervention to meet our patients’ needs. The Community Neuro team provides intervention to Stroke survivors (including an Early Supported Discharge (ESD) response) and other complex Neuro

conditions, such as PD, MS and MND.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities & Results

Clinical

  • To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team of therapists and rehabilitation assistants to

provide specialist neurological intervention to enable and rehabilitate patients registered

with GP’s within Sutton CCG.

  • To provide rehabilitation to patients with a range of neurological diagnoses who meet

the Community Neuro Services criteria.

  • To have clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning of a caseload of

clients within the community, including those based in residential and nursing home

facilities.

  • To develop a high level of clinical skill in community rehabilitation and longer term

management of disability and impairment.

  • To provide comprehensive occupational therapy intervention to clients in the

community, making use of treatment facilities where appropriate.

  • To be responsible for a clinical caseload working within a multi-disciplinary team ensuring

clients and carers receive optimum level of therapy within available resources.

  • To carry out assessments, plan and implement agreed goal orientated occupational

therapy intervention with client/carers in an appropriate community setting.

  • To carry out multi-disciplinary screening assessment and discuss outcomes with team

members.

  • To keep accurate up-to-date

Working for our organisation

The StaffBank for Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust are seeking enthusiastic Neuro Occupational Therapists to join our pool of Staff Bank workers, there are many full time roles available but as they are ever-changing - the exact roles available will be provided once your Hiring & Recruitment is complete. We can give you an idea of the type of roles available at the time of contact, but we cannot guarantee set roles as your hiring time may vary. Depending on previous relevant experience & previous NHS experience, higher banding/rates can be discussed.

Person specification

Professional Registation

Essential criteria

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Desirable criteria

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6 Months Experience

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