Occupational Therapist - Stroke

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Job Overview

A vacancy has arisen in our community stroke rehabilitation team for a senior occupational therapist. The team provides rehabilitation for people who have had a stroke in their homes and at Corbett Rehabilitating Centre once they have been discharged from hospital.

The Community Stroke Rehab Team are a highly motivated, specialist multidisciplinary team and provide an excellent quality therapy service working collaboratively with the inpatient and intermediate care teams as well as the Dudley Stroke Association.

You will have responsibility for the supervision therapy assistants and students.

You must have experience of working in the stroke rehabilitation. Evidence of staff supervision is desirable but not essential.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the Community Stroke Rehabilitation Pathway in Dudley Rehabilitation Service, providing effective and efficient Occupational Therapy (OT) to a caseload of patients who have had a stroke. Duties will include assessment, therapy (both group and/or individual as appropriate), planning therapy programmes and discharge of patients, as well as appropriate delegation of work to assistants and students. Working as a lone practitioner within people’s own home and Clinic settings, using evidence based/client centered principals to assess, plan, treat and evaluate interventions.

Working for our organisation

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of providing safe, caring and effective services because people matter. We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as BAME, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.

We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake

Person specification

Essential Criteria

Education and Qualifications

• Degree /Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registered
  

Essential Criteria

Skills & Experience

• Significant and wide range of post qualification experience
• Clinical experience of working with stroke patients as a band 5 or band 6
  

Desirable criteria

• Basic IT/Keyboard skills
• experience of working in the community
  

Personal qualities

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrates evidence of effective self-management including time, prioritisation, clinical caseload and demanding situations
  

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