Specialist Occupational Therapist - Neurorehabilitation Rotation
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Job Summary
Job Summary
Are you an experienced and passionate Occupational Therapist (OT) ready to expand your skills in neuro rehabilitation.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 OT to join our, neuro rehabilitation teams. This is a limited rotational post across our hyper acute, acute, and Intermediate Neurorehabilitation services giving you the opportunity to develop specialist skills across the full rehabilitation in-patient pathway. Our hyper acute and acute services are based at Salford Royal Hospital, close to the centre of Manchester and our Intermediate Neurorehabilitation unit is a standalone unit located in Rochdale, northeast of Manchester. The flexibility to travel across sites is therefore required.
You'll be working with a diverse caseload delivering highly specialist patient centred care to individuals with a range of complex neurological conditions including patients with TBI, ABI and Spinal cord injury as well as patients with Persistent Disorders of Consciousness (PDoC).
You'll be part of an expanding in-patient Neuro OT network working across the 4 Neuro rehab units operated by the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) with close links with the remaining OTs at the INRU in Trafford. You will also have close contact with the extended OT neuro and trauma OT's operating from Salford Royal. The opportunities for support, advice training and development is therefore extensive.
If you are interested in this role then please do not hesitate to contact us for more information.
Main duties of the job
* To deliver high-quality Occupational therapy services for all patients admitted with a Neurological condition.o Complete specialist assessments and provide evidence-based interventions tailored to patients' needs.o Contribute to goal setting and discharge planning in collaboration with patients, families and wider MDT.o Liaise effectively with community services to ensure seamless transitions.o Support junior staff, students and assistants through supervision and mentoring.o Participate in audit, service development, and quality improvement initiatives.o Maintain accurate and timely documentation in accordance with trust policies.
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 working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our threecore values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Details
Date posted
27 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
236-SCO-P298-25-A
Job locations
Floyd Unit and Salford Royal.
Birch Road
Salford, Rochdale
OL12 9RD
Job Description
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
Job Description
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
Essential
Registration / Qualifications
* HCPC Member
* BSc / MSc Occupational Therapy
* Post graduate training relevant to Neurorehabilitation
Desirable
* membership of relevant specialist interest group
Essential
Experience / Skills
* Significant post registration NHS experience in areas relevant to Neuro rehabilitation
* Evidence of wide clinical theoretical knowledge base of Neurological conditions and presentations
* Well-developed communication skills with experience of working with patients with complex communication needs
* Experience of working as part of an MDT
* Experience/invovlement with complex capacity assessments
* Evidence of supervising other staff and students
* Evidence of contribution to service improvement / development
* Awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity within their role
* car driver
* experience of working with people with cognitive impairment and challenging behaviour
Desirable
* Bobath introductory module completion
Person Specification
Essential
* Significant post registration NHS experience in areas relevant to Neuro rehabilitation
* Evidence of wide clinical theoretical knowledge base of Neurological conditions and presentations
* Well-developed communication skills with experience of working with patients with complex communication needs
* Experience of working as part of an MDT
* Experience/invovlement with complex capacity assessments
* Evidence of supervising other staff and students
* Evidence of contribution to service improvement / development
* Awareness and understanding of supporting equality and valuing diversity within their role
* car driver
* experience of working with people with cognitive impairment and challenging behaviour
Desirable
* Bobath introductory module completion
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Floyd Unit and Salford Royal.
Birch Road
Salford, Rochdale
OL12 9RD
Employer's website
https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Floyd Unit and Salford Royal.
Birch Road
Salford, Rochdale
OL12 9RD
Employer's website
https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Health Care Provider
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