Main area Occupational Therapist Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent: Expected to contribute to 7 day working rota Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Expected to contribute to 7 day working rota) Job ref 344-7028DCB
Employer East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Kent and Canterbury Town Canterbury Salary £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/08/2025 23:59
Senior Occupational Therapist in Stroke
Band 6
Job overview
Due to increased investment in stroke services we are expanding our team at EKHUFT. We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapists with a passion for working in stroke services to support our Stroke Therapy Team and provide highly specialist service delivery for our patients.
We take pride in the work we do to support people who have had a stroke to reach their full potential. Are you looking for the next challenge in your career? If so, this is a great opportunity to play a key role in developing our expanding stroke services in East Kent – currently based at Kent and Canterbury Hospital and moving to William Harvey Hospital in 2027. The increased investment in our services has resulted in a substantial increase in our workforce which will enable us to deliver a holistic, forward-thinking service over seven days.
We are a friendly, hard-working team who get together regularly for team meetings, clinical supervision and CPD. We provide high-quality therapy care across our stroke wards and within the trust, we are part of a wider Therapy team spread across three acute sites.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a motivated and progressive stroke therapy service who are continuously striving towards best-practice care. We are passionate about providing high quality care for our patients.
Main duties of the job
* Assist Therapy Team Leaders and Band 7 Therapy Team in the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Therapy service provided to patients within stroke service on a day-to-day basis.
* To manage a clinical caseload using evidence-based assessments, treatment and discharge planning to patients within the clinical speciality.
* To work as part of an MDT and provide highly specialised therapy advice to members of the MDT.
* To deputise for the Band 7 Occupational Therapist on clinical and managerial duties within the team.
* To participate in 7-day services.
Working for our organisation
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person specification
Experience
* Minimum of 18 months post graduate experience in relevant clinical area
* Proven record of providing high quality intervention for high risk patients
* Experience of Working with stroke/neurologically impaired patients as a Band 5
* Experience of working in an acute hospital environment
* Use of outcome measures
* Experience in supporting students
Skills and Abilities
* Evidence of developed clinical skills in stroke
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Evidence of up to date therapeutic moving & handling skills
* Evidence of involvement in complex/ multifactorial discharge planning including home assessment and environmental set up
* Evidence of the use of standardised cognitive assessments to document change in status
* Basic IT skills
Knowledge
* Awareness of professional issues and recent developments in the NHS and Primary Care including Clinical Governance, NICE and CQC
* Knowledge of up to date clinical / evidenced based practice within clinical speciality
* Awareness of National Clinical Stroke Guidelines 2023
Qualifications
* BSc Occupational Therapist
* HCPC registration
* Member of RCOT
* Member of relevant special interest group.
Personal attributes
* Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice.
* Ability to work under pressure
* Flexible and adaptable
Ability to manage
* Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures.
* Ability to cope with change and use initiative
Other
* To be aware of and adhere to the Trust’s Vision, Mission and Values.
* Able to travel around East Kent, and between Trust hospital sites
Filmed in William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospitals, the ‘We are the NHS’ campaign highlights the extraordinary work that staff across EKHUFT do every single day. As one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a population of over one million people, EKHUFT was perfectly placed to demonstrate the care, cutting-edge treatments, research, innovations and life-saving operations that the campaign needed.
There are lots of great opportunities at East Kent Hospitals, where staff are caring and put patients first, innovation flourishes and you can develop your career. We’re on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work,
there’s never been a better time to join us.To find out more about east Kent visit our website at. The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.
We’ll close this job advert once we’ve received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on 01227 866450 who are happy to help.
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Name James Sampson Job title Clinical Therapy Lead for Stroke, EKHUFT Email address james.sampson@nhs.net Telephone number 07814 596482 Additional information
Further information regarding the clinical and professional elements of the post, please contact Jo Dare at joannedare@nhs.net or Lydia Showan lydiashowan@nhs.net
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