Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist - Spinal Injuries
The closing date is 22 December 2025
We have a Band 7 opportunity for an Occupational Therapist with a special interest in spinal cord injury (SCI) to join our Greater Manchester Spinal Cord Injury Outreach Team. You will work alongside our experienced MDT including Physiotherapists, SCI Nurse, Assistant Practitioner, SCI Psychologist and SCI Rehabilitation Consultant.
The team also has close links with the Northwest Spinal Cord Injury Centre at Southport.
Although based at Salford Royal Hospital, the team is a Greater Manchester (GM) outreach service, and the role supports off site visits and reviews across GM.
This is an exciting and unique OT role providing you with the opportunity to work in a variety of clinical settings providing and supporting the assessment and treatment of complex Spinal Cord Injured individuals. Whilst experience of SCI is required, the role is a development role with professional support and supervision being provided from the MDT and the wider Neurorehab OT service. This role also offers the opportunity to support and share expert knowledge with the wider network of treating therapists that manage this patient group, supporting professional development and improving quality of care. We are passionate about evolving our service, and we are looking for someone enthusiastic about developing leadership and service improvement skills.
Main duties of the job
To support, lead and complete complex assessments of Spinal Cord Injury patients in a range of clinical settings in conjunction with the wider MDT.
To develop treatment plans, recommend where rehabilitation is required, commence the rehabilitation process, support patient flow, and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner.
To provide a specialist OT service to patients within Salford Care Organisation located on our Critical Care, Trauma, Neurosurgical, Spinal wards and INRU's and outreach to other GM wide hospitals, rehab facilities and community settings.
To be a specialist in the holistic assessment of needs of Spinal Cord Injury patients.
To lead on the assessment, liaison and decision-making process on behalf of the MDT, and liaise and communicate with the patient and external agencies as needed.
To be a source of expertise in Spinal Cord Injury, utilising this knowledge in formal and informal teaching as required.
To lead the Occupational Therapy teams in the delivery of evidence based and client centred care within the speciality of Spinal Cord Injury.
To monitor and improve standards of care by efficient use of resources, utilising clinical audit and research within Spinal Cord Injury with the MDT.
To work as an autonomous practitioner being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, managing own caseload and maintaining accurate and timely records.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS Trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Experience
* Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC Registration
* Post Registration NHS Experience of working with Spinal Cord injury at a minimum of band 6 level
* Evidence of neurological assessment skills
* Evidence of outcome/evaluation
* Evidence of complex discharge planning skills
* Post graduate training relevant to spinal cord injury
* Advanced spasticity management skills
* Advanced hand/upper limb management skills
Leadership
* Highly developed communication and leadership experience
* Evidence of supervising other staff and students
* Experience of audit of service improvement
* Use of data to guide service development
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.
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearPro Rata Per annum
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