Specialist Occupational Therapist - Stroke | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum/pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 June 2024 |
| Location: | Bury, BL9 7TD |
| Company: | Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6286917/236-BCO-P206-24 |
Summary
Are you an experienced Band 5 Occupational Therapist or existing Band 6 seeking an opportunity to gain experience within the speciality of stroke?
Then we hope you will consider a role within our integrated stroke team at Bury care organisation.
An opportunity has arisen for a static band 6 Occupational Therapist working within stroke services at Fairfield General Hospital. The Stroke Service is a high performing, nationally recognised centre of excellence. As Fairfield is a primary stroke unit, you will have the opportunity to work across hyper-acute, acute and stroke rehab wards. You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced band 7 occupational therapists as well as other specialist clinicians within the stroke multidisciplinary team. We would welcome you to join our dynamic and supportive team.
A development post from band 5 to 6 would also be considered for the right candidate.
We are looking for an experienced therapist at a Band 5 level or existing Band 6 who are well organised, seeking an opportunity to develop their skills within stroke at a Band 6 level. You will need to be enthusiastic, motivated and an appropriately experienced practitioner. You will need to be a registered Occupational Therapist who can demonstrate your commitment, enthusiasm and drive to develop your own clinical and team working skills within the service.
You must be able to communicate effectively at all levels, work autonomously and be able to demonstrate effective teamwork. You will provide high quality care in an appropriate and timely manner which is responsive to patients needs whilst adhering to recognised policies and guidelines.
The service operates over seven days and as such some weekend working is required as part of the role.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers websitehttps://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024
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