Job overview
This exciting Rotational B7 post is a chance to work within our highly specialist teams within Queen’s Hospital Hyper-Acute Stroke unit and our Regional Neurosciences Centre. You will have opportunity to use high level clinical skills across the Stroke pathway: Hyper-acute stroke unit (HASU), Acute Stroke unit (ASU), Rehabilitation ward (Daisy) and our Early Supported Discharge (ESD) community service.
Within Neurosciences you will experience a wide range of elective and acute conditions across our wards, including; acquired brain injury, TBI, neuro-oncology, acute neurology, spinal trauma and spinal cord injury.
The post-holder will be delivering clinical care, providing team support and helping to develop the service across acute wards, critical care, elective and community pathways across our sites. Queen's is a busy new-build hospital situated on the fringes of London with access also into the countryside of Essex. If you want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop whilst being valued and supported then apply today.
Main duties of the job
To perform a highly advanced Occupational Therapy assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions, to provide an accurate clinical diagnosis and develop and deliver a highly specialised treatment plan. To hold responsibility for own caseload and assist and monitor the caseload of your team.
On rotations you will acquire a wide range of clinical skills and experience across a range of speciality areas including: acute /sub-acute Stroke, neuro-rehabilitation and (ESD) community provision. You will develop your use of specialist cognitive assessments, upper-limb management and splint use, seating, and tone management.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in ; we’ve opened at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and, in recognition of our progress, we’ve been at the Health Service Journal Awards.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role.Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Person specification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. At least 12 months clinical experience as a Neurological Occupational Therapist
2. To have at least 18 months experience at Band 6 level (or above) or demonstrate significant relevant other experience.
Desirable criteria
3. Training of Occupational Therapy students on placements
4. Experience in administering organisational policies e.g. sickness, performance etc
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
5. Sound knowledge of relevant Stroke, neurosurgical and neurological conditions
Desirable criteria
6. Evidence of developing service provision
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.