Job Overview
Do you have a passion for stroke and neuro therapy? If so, why not come and join our team. We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapists to come and develop alongside our senior therapy team.
The post will offer a developmental opportunity to work from a band 5 therapist through to a band 6 senior Occupational Therapist in the fields of stroke and neurology. This will be achieved through the completion of key core competencies, and you will be supported to gain vast experience in an array of exciting and challenging areas.
Main duties of the job
Skills
You will be able to rotate through the following specialities, through which you will develop your skills and experience with an extremely rewarding caseload. These areas will include:
Hyper acute and acute stroke
Acute neurology to include critical care
Stroke rehabilitation ward
Neuro rehabilitation unit
Community stroke team
Community neuro rehab team
During all rotations you will get the opportunity to work with an array of specialist therapy colleagues and broaden your experience of multi-disciplinary working. As a therapist working within our team, you will have the opportunity to not only learn alongside your colleagues, but have regular supervision, as well as being able to attend a robust, informative and interactive in-service training programme.
If you think this is something that interests you, then please get in touch with us. Please also note, we are passionate about providing seamless care, and for this reason there will be a requirement at times to work on a 7/7 rota and the opportunity to cover Bank Holidays also.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential Criteria
BSc/MSc Occuaptional Therapy
Experience
Essential criteria
Band 5 experience acute
Desirable criteria
Core skills of assessment & treatment in stroke /neurology