Job Summary
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 7) – 15 hours per week in the Community Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service (CABIRS) at Dorset HealthCare.
Key Responsibilities
* 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.
* 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.
* Lead on the planning, development and evaluation of OT within the Community Brain Injury service, holding responsibility for defined projects, audits and research proposals.
* Plan and prioritise a number of complex activities within community OT services.
* 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.
* Supervise Band 5 and 6 OTs, Rehabilitation Assistants and OT students on practice placement.
Contact
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.
Application deadline: Tuesday 21 Apr 2026
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