A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Occupational Therapist to rotate between our Stroke and Neurology Teams, who is passionate about delivering high quality, patient centred care.
* Assist Therapy Clinical Leads and Band 7 Therapy Team in the planning, co‑ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Therapy service provided to patients within stroke and neurology service on a day‑to‑day basis.
* Manage a clinical caseload using evidence‑based assessments, treatment and discharge planning to patients within the clinical speciality.
* Work as part of an MDT and provide highly specialised therapy advice to members of the MDT.
* Deputise for the Band 7 Occupational Therapist on clinical and managerial duties within the team.
* Participate in 7‑day services.
Our Therapy service is a dynamic and exciting team that works across our three main sites at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate and Kent and Canterbury Hospital in Canterbury, as well as supporting patients across our satellite sites.
We form part of close MDT working on all the wards and the therapy team are key members in the rehabilitation of patients and discharge planning. We firmly believe that developing our staff is key to success; we have a dynamic and progressive training and development ethos, providing excellent opportunities to enhance your knowledge and competencies, nurturing your personal and professional development by encouraging and supporting you to reach your full potential, we currently have therapy staff studying to be Advanced Practitioners, and as the organisation is moving towards a skills‑based workforce the future opportunities are endless.
Are you highly motivated and driven to deliver high quality patient centred care? Kent and Canterbury Hospital are looking for an Occupational Therapist to join the Stroke and Neurology service. East Kent Hospitals is one of the biggest trusts in the country. The Stroke service at Kent and Canterbury gives a great breadth of knowledge and skills across the acute and rehab pathways and strives to provide an exceptional standard of care as evident in the National SSNAP audit programme. The Acute Neurology ward and Neuro rehab Unit provide specialist treatment and management for a variety of neurological conditions.
While working with us you can benefit from opportunities such as professional development to further education. We strive to offer a supportive environment for our staff and regularly run Band 6 In‑Service training; from supporting literature research to developing knowledge and up to date practice. The post holder will have access to regular supervision, in‑service trainings and external courses as well as opportunities to get involved in service improvement programmes, audit and research.
We run group sessions as part of the treatment and aim to provide holistic care for patients to achieve their goals.
We work closely with our regional colleagues, as part of the Kent and Medway Integrated Stroke Delivery Network, to share good practice and to shape the future of our services in line with national recommendations.
The successful candidate must have previous experience of working within an inpatient hospital setting and with neurologically impaired patients. So if you have what we are looking for and are keen to learn and develop, get in touch & apply today.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 May 2026
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