Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist - Early Supported Discharge

Band 6 OT Fixed term maternity leave cover in the Early Supported Discharge (ESD) for Stroke Service.

The ESD for stroke team is dedicated to helping stroke patients return home sooner by providing high quality, specialist stroke rehabilitation in the home environment to achieve our patient's individual goals.

We are looking for a professional, caring and compassionate occupational therapist to provide specialist stroke rehabilitation in patients homes.

You will have experience of delivering evidence based stroke rehabilitation  and are looking to develop your career.

You are motivated, flexible and will work autonomously; managing your own caseload with the support of an experienced multi-disciplinary team who will  guide your professional development. 

The role involves driving within the county of Oxfordshire, and access to a car is essential.   Please state this in your application.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Sarah King (Occupational Therapy Team lead in ESD) on 07500 793062 or Michelle Fellerdale (Occupational Therapy Team lead in ESD) on 0777 4556570 for an informal conversation about the role.

• To support and deliver specialist assessment, planning and rehabilitation to a complex clinical caseload of patients who have had a stroke 
• To be a stroke specialist resource for clinical staff to support the assessment, treatment planning and clinical interventions for the patient group 
• To be involved with the collection and analysis of data to demonstrate inputs, efficacy and outcomes 
• To maintain multi-disciplinary clinical notes that meet Trust and professional standards 
• To be involved in weekly multi-disciplinary meeting discussions in relation to patients within the stroke pathway 
• To contribute to the clinical research agenda of the stroke pathway 
• To support all members of the therapy team and the assurance of competence within the MDT  
• To work in partnership with the community care services to ensure the competence of all staff working with stroke survivors  
• To work with other colleagues, as the occasion arises, in supporting the management and development of the Oxfordshire stroke pathway 
• To work flexibly across the pathway to ensure that therapy resource maps to patient need 
• To support the development, along with the other senior staff within the pathway, the profile of ESD with all relevant GP practices 

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.