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Specialist Occupational Therapist - Stroke Therapy | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 21 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 February 2025 |
| Location: | Bolton, BL4 0JR |
| Company: | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6951461/241-46-IC-25 |
Summary
We would also welcome applicants who are looking for a band 5 to band 6 progression within this specialist area of practice.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for aforward thinking, enthusiastic, and motivated Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the Stroke Therapy Team based at the Royal Bolton Hospital, with the possibility to rotate through the community stroke team and neurorehabilitation services in the future.
The role is within the Stroke Therapy service based at the Royal Bolton Hospital and may support the wider Stroke Therapy and Community Stroke team based at Breightmet Health Centre.
The post holder will be part of a friendly and dynamic team working closely to provide collaborative care and specialist Occupational Therapy treatment, intervention and advice.
The successful applicant will work as part of a well established and highly skilled Stroke Therapy multidisciplinary team, alongside physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, psychologists, therapy assistants and nurses.
The service actively encourages training and staff development supported by experienced senior staff.The post holder will benefit from working within a supportive team, with a robust supervision and appraisal programme, excellent in-house training and CPD. Supervision and support will be provided by Band 7 Occupational Therapists.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner within the stroke therapy service supported by highly specialist therapists.
• To perform therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes.
• To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To provide clinical education, advice and support for junior therapy staff and support staff.
• To provide highly specialist knowledge, skills and advice to clients, and be a source of expertise for therapy staff, other members of the MDT and other agencies.
• To supervise, educate and assess the performance of therapy students.
• To contribute to service research and audit activities.
• To propose any service changes within own professional speciality area.
The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed
You will be required to be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and its users, which could include participation in a weekend rota and may cross cover other services including the community stroke and neurorehabilitation therapy team if required
For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description.
If you have any further questions regarding this role, please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Feb 2025
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