Overview
Occupational Therapy - Team Leader - North Mersey Stroke Service. Secondment opportunity until September 2026. Split post across acute stroke Aintree and ESD/LSRP BGH.
A rare opportunity to work with the North Mersey Stroke Service alongside the acute stroke team and the Liverpool Stroke recovery partnership/ESD team. You will provide early intervention assessment, treatment planning and rehabilitation to stroke survivors. Patients on the caseload will require creative thinking, problem solving and providing of equipment/adaptations to support them to remain in their own home, adjust to meeting care needs in the community and avoid hospital re-admission or 24hr care.
You will be part of a supportive MDT working alongside medics, AC/ANPs, physios, nurses, speech therapists, dietitians, therapy assistants and assistant practitioners with access to stroke consultants when required. You will lead a team of OTs providing health and wellbeing support, clinical supervision, appraisal, training and service improvement. Any training you require to fulfil this post will be available to you along with regular supervision from a therapy lead.
Please note this advert will close once the cap of 30 applications has been reached.
Responsibilities
* Expert assessment and rehabilitation of complex stroke patients including neurological assessment and rehabilitation techniques, cognitive assessment and rehab skills, transfer equipment & posture management, splinting, fatigue management, anxiety management and support with returning to drive/work
* Training and support of the Stroke MDT in the management of the complex patient
* Develop and promote the role of the Occupational Therapist within Stroke including service development projects and outcome reporting
* Audit of the service against local and national standards in close partnership with the management team
* Training and support of junior staff members across the stroke pathway
* Senior oversight of a therapy team including aspects such as performance reporting, sickness management and supervision
* Participation in the Stroke Network
* Participation in national audit and research projects
* Ensure adherence to governance processes including Datix and complaint investigations
* Support staff with health, wellbeing and sickness management
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stephanie Clay
Job title: Inpatient Therapy Lead
Email: stephanie.clay@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0151 529 3268
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