Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen, for an enthusiastic and dynamic Specialist Occupational Therapist, that has a keen interest in working with patients with neurological conditions, to join our Band 6 Neuro Rotation at BHRUT.
We have an established Band 6 Neuro rotation which offers experience in the following areas: Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; Acute Stroke Unit; Stroke Rehabilitation; Early Supported Discharge Team; Regional Neurosciences Unit and our Neuro Outliers Therapy Team. You will work alongside highly specialist members of staff and clinical specialists to ensure quality neuro-specific treatment to patients with neurological conditions & contribute to the development of these services while fostering multidisciplinary relationships and team working. Experience can be gained in treatment and management of a wide variety of neurological patients as well as further developing leadership skills in the different rotations.
You will have the opportunity to supervise more junior staff and students and be expected to take an active role in the in-service training, audit and service development. Learning and development are very important to our Team. We have established In-service training programmes tailored to different developmental needs and experience and there will be opportunities to present on our accredited Stroke MDT course which we run twice yearly. External courses are supported if the need has been clearly identified through the Appraisal and Personal Development.
Main duties of the job
1.1.Through a holistic approach, to provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy service, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries. Rotations include: Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; Acute Stroke Unit; Stroke Rehabilitation; Early Supported Discharge Team; Regional Neurosciences Unit and our Neuro Outliers Therapy Team at Queens Hospital and King George Hospital.
1.2.To participate in the Band 6 Neuro rotational scheme, this involves working across Trust sites as well as in the community, in line with your chosen career pathway, subject to availability.
1.3.To fulfil a teaching and supervisory role with peers, junior staff and students on placement.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
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 transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
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 work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage 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. To have broad clinical experience during Band 5 rotations
2. Active participation of in-service training
Desirable criteria
3. Experience of working with neurological conditions including rehabilitation
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
4. Ability to demonstrate skills in assessment and treatment of patients in line with current practice and research
Desirable criteria
5. Presentation skills
6. Experience of supervision of other staff i.e. assistants
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.