Specialist Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £42,939.00 to £50,697.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £42939.00 - £50697.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Location: | Woolwich, SE18 3RZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-0808 |
Summary
To provide specialist occupational therapy input to clients as part of the specialist Community Neurorehabilitation service. To work with specialist nurses and other health and social care practitioners to manage those with neurology long term conditions. To supervise Band 5 occupational therapists/ therapy assistants and occupational therapy students. To be responsible and accountable for assessment, diagnosis and treatment for a wide variety of conditions including complex cases, in the community as an autonomous and lone practitioner to clients. To be able to demonstrate specialist knowledge levels and skills in neurology conditions and interventions. To demonstrate theoretical knowledge of multiple pathologies and impairments in the assessment of community clients, often in the presence of incomplete or conflicting referral information to form accurate analyses and diagnoses. To assess for and provide equipment to enhance independence in daily living skills for service users. To monitor, review and continually re-assess clients complex care plans and objectives against outcomes measures in order to facilitate modification of packages of care/targets as appropriate to enable achievement of their goals.