Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist -Critical Care
| Posting date: | 26 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £56,276 - £63,176 pa pr incl HCAS (inner) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7742288/200-7742288-DE-PT |
Summary
A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We have an exciting opportunity for a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Occupational Therapist, to join our established Band 7 OT neurosciences and neurorehabilitation rotation.
This post offers the opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills in several specialist multi-disciplinary teams with the aim of providing high quality, efficient and effective OT to a wide range of neuro patients. You will be responsible for the supervision of OT staff as well as having a key role in promoting evidence-based practice and service development. We are an innovative Neuro OT workforce who are passionate about the specialist services we provide offering opportunities for skilled development.
The Band 7 Neuro OT rotation includes the following areas:
- Neurology
- NICU
- Neurosurgery
- Hyper Acute and Acute stroke services
- Level 1 and Level 2 neurorehabilitation
- RAAR
All applicants must have experience of working with an adult client group in neurological rehabilitation at a senior level. You need to be a confident autonomous practitioner with high level leadership and communication skills, a flexible problem-solving approach, good clinical reasoning skills, and be efficient in your time and people management.
• To autonomously carry a designated clinical caseload including highly complex neuro inpatients who present with a wide range of neurological and/or functional deficits.
• To be able to prioritise a designated caseload efficiently, considering clinical and service priorities and using highly specialist knowledge to underpin decisions.
• To be able to use assessments and outcome measures specific to a neuro patient population, including independently assessing patients writing comprehensive assessment reports, and making appropriate recommendations for ongoing support.
• To be competent in the assessment of all domains of impairment, activity and participation as defined in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), and their impact on an individual’s occupational performance.
• To be competent in the use of standardised and non-standardised assessments, screening tools and outcome measures specific and/or relevant to the neuro patient population.
• Identify the key performance areas and formulate patient centred goals for therapy and rehabilitation.
St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a large teaching hospital and one of the largest hospitals in Europe. We are one of four Major Trauma Centre in London and are known for our excellence in stroke, neurorehabilitation, and acute neurosciences services.
Within the Trust, our Neuro Therapies and Occupational Therapists are highly valued, respected and form part of interdisciplinary teams who are committed to excellent patient care. Our neuro services are located across three sites: St George’s Hospital in Tooting, Queen Mary’s Hospital at Roehampton and the Wandsworth Community Services based at St John’s Therapy Centre.
We have access to specialist equipment and some of the latest advances in highly specialist upper limb rehabilitation technology including EvolvRehab and Tyromotion.
As well as strong links to specialist services including spinal services, orthotics, community services we are also co-located with St. George’s London University supporting their OT programme and students on placement.
We are highly committed to our staff both in their clinical and non-clinical development. We have an established supervision and CPD programme; running formal internal and external training and study days which we actively support staff to participate in. We are dedicated to evidence-based practice - reflected in our service standards, day-to-day care, service development initiatives and participation in research.
Please find further detail in supporting documents attached. Please refer to supporting documents when submitting applications and ensure skills match person specification.
This advert closes on Monday 9 Feb 2026
We have an exciting opportunity for a committed, highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced Occupational Therapist, to join our established Band 7 OT neurosciences and neurorehabilitation rotation.
This post offers the opportunity to develop your clinical and leadership skills in several specialist multi-disciplinary teams with the aim of providing high quality, efficient and effective OT to a wide range of neuro patients. You will be responsible for the supervision of OT staff as well as having a key role in promoting evidence-based practice and service development. We are an innovative Neuro OT workforce who are passionate about the specialist services we provide offering opportunities for skilled development.
The Band 7 Neuro OT rotation includes the following areas:
- Neurology
- NICU
- Neurosurgery
- Hyper Acute and Acute stroke services
- Level 1 and Level 2 neurorehabilitation
- RAAR
All applicants must have experience of working with an adult client group in neurological rehabilitation at a senior level. You need to be a confident autonomous practitioner with high level leadership and communication skills, a flexible problem-solving approach, good clinical reasoning skills, and be efficient in your time and people management.
• To autonomously carry a designated clinical caseload including highly complex neuro inpatients who present with a wide range of neurological and/or functional deficits.
• To be able to prioritise a designated caseload efficiently, considering clinical and service priorities and using highly specialist knowledge to underpin decisions.
• To be able to use assessments and outcome measures specific to a neuro patient population, including independently assessing patients writing comprehensive assessment reports, and making appropriate recommendations for ongoing support.
• To be competent in the assessment of all domains of impairment, activity and participation as defined in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), and their impact on an individual’s occupational performance.
• To be competent in the use of standardised and non-standardised assessments, screening tools and outcome measures specific and/or relevant to the neuro patient population.
• Identify the key performance areas and formulate patient centred goals for therapy and rehabilitation.
St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a large teaching hospital and one of the largest hospitals in Europe. We are one of four Major Trauma Centre in London and are known for our excellence in stroke, neurorehabilitation, and acute neurosciences services.
Within the Trust, our Neuro Therapies and Occupational Therapists are highly valued, respected and form part of interdisciplinary teams who are committed to excellent patient care. Our neuro services are located across three sites: St George’s Hospital in Tooting, Queen Mary’s Hospital at Roehampton and the Wandsworth Community Services based at St John’s Therapy Centre.
We have access to specialist equipment and some of the latest advances in highly specialist upper limb rehabilitation technology including EvolvRehab and Tyromotion.
As well as strong links to specialist services including spinal services, orthotics, community services we are also co-located with St. George’s London University supporting their OT programme and students on placement.
We are highly committed to our staff both in their clinical and non-clinical development. We have an established supervision and CPD programme; running formal internal and external training and study days which we actively support staff to participate in. We are dedicated to evidence-based practice - reflected in our service standards, day-to-day care, service development initiatives and participation in research.
Please find further detail in supporting documents attached. Please refer to supporting documents when submitting applications and ensure skills match person specification.
This advert closes on Monday 9 Feb 2026
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