Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 21 April 2026
The Community Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service provides specialist and quality support to individuals, carers, groups and organisations. Our team of highly experienced staff includes clinical/neuropsychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, Speech-and Language therapists and rehabilitation assistants. The team applies a fully integrated multidisciplinary approach in order to offer tailored rehabilitation programmes so that people with severe brain injury can achieve their best outcomes possible.
We are currently looking for a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 7) to join our specialist service for 15 hours per week. The post holder plays a central role in the comprehensive rehabilitation by providing innovative and evidence-based assessments and rehabilitation programmes for individuals and small groups of patients. The post holder will use a patient centred goal setting approach, working closely with the multi disciplinary team, in patient ABIRS colleagues and other specialist teams. They will contribute to the development of this dynamic service and wider neuro network, and provide leadership, supervision and training to other team members.
For more information about the post, please call Dr Birgit Gurr, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Clinical Lead or Elizabeth Hooks, Team Manager on 01202 308077.
Main Duties of the Job
* To provide clinical leadership to the ABIRs OT staff in the Dorset ABI Service and across the OT profession at all times, through teaching, supervision and appraisal.
* To manage a complex clinical caseload of clients with ABI/highly complex needs (Physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural) using evidence based and client centred principles ensuring specialist levels of assessment/intervention in accordance with clinical presentation.
* To lead on the planning, development and evaluation of OT within the Community Brain Injury service, holding responsibility for defined projects/audits and research proposals.
* To be responsible for the planning and prioritising of a number of complex activities within community OT Services.
* To act as a lead OT representative within the Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service and provide support and guidance to the in-patient Brain Injury Service as required.
* To regularly supervise Band 5 and 6 OTs, Rehabilitation Assistants and OT students on practice placement.
Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.
Person Specification
Experience
* Relevant occupatioal Therapy degree
* HCPC and RCOT registered
* experience of working within a multi disciplinary team
* experience of working with ABI patients
Skills
* Has driving licence and access to car
Strengths
* Evidence of independent, timely clinical decision making/problem solving to lead self in development and learning and managing a complex caseload
* Advanced skills or evidence of leading others as a leader and clinician
* Demonstrable evidence of organisation and time management skills
Further learning
* Excellent IT Skills and understanding of information systems set-up, data entry and interrogation
* Evidence of autonomous working with the ability to seek clinical support as needed
* Demonstrates understanding of own wellness and resilience within the workplace as per HCPC standards
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
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