Band 6 Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 23 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 October 2025 |
| Location: | Nelson, BB9 9SZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9435-25-0428 |
Summary
Undertake a comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessment working towards a specialist level with patients, allocated to your caseload. This may involve the selection and application of standardised and non-standardised assessments addressing occupational performance. Interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical factors including physical, environmental, psychosocial, mental, spiritual, political and cultural aspects of the patients life, in order to identify occupational performance deficits, and provide specialist advice and intervention for the facilitation of optimum level of occupational functioning. Formulate goals in partnership with the patient, clearly communicating your clinical reasoning, in order to justify your recommendations, and utilising most appropriate treatment/intervention for the patients needs. Implement a variety of evidence based Occupational Therapy interventions to a specialist level according to the needs of the individual patient. Evaluate and modify the treatment programme as appropriate. Independently manage a varied and complex caseload on a day to day basis, organising your time effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities; ensuring good use of skills within the team by delegating and allocating work to junior staff as appropriate. Advise, support, and educate patients, carers and other professionals in the self management of patients condition. Initiate and organise case reviews involving multi disciplinary and multi agency staff. The post holder may be required to take the key worker role. Develop, maintain and demonstrate specialist clinical skills related to clinical area, which are underpinned by theory, research and practical experience. Assess for and provide standard and specialist assistance technology for patients in accordance with local criteria and pathways for provision. Advise, instruct, and educate patients, carers and other professionals in the use of standard and specialist assistive technology, and environmental adaptation where appropriate. Undertake risk assessments, and manage and document risk. Work as an autonomous practitioner in a variety of settings (clinic, patients own home, school, care home, hospital, etc.) where there is a requirement to make decisions spontaneously. Understand and demonstrate a working knowledge of national guidelines and legislation relating to Health and Social Care relevant to Occupational Therapy. Record patient contact statistics. Delegate, monitor, organise, and supervise the work of junior staff as appropriate.