We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Team Lead Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our Integrated Stroke Therapy Service. The role will be working as part of the Acute Stroke Therapy Team at RBH for 11 months covering a maternity leave.
The job focus will be to clinically lead the Occupational Therapy team in collaboration with our band 7 PT & SLT. You will work closely with the wider MDT providing highly specialist advanced assessment and treatment of patients with complex stroke rehabilitation needs on the stroke pathway. You will be a HCPC registered therapist with sound knowledge and experience of stroke.
As the clinical lead, you will plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate the OT provision in acute stroke in partnership with the other clinical leads and operational manager.
We have an experienced leadership team working in the service therefore you will have a strong support system in place for anyone new into a band 7 role.
Flexibility in working patterns will be required to meet the needs of the service. Access to a vehicle is essential to commute between sites
The role will require you to undertake advanced stroke OT assessment and rehabilitation with patients, allocated to your caseload, along with providing close supervision to junior staff in your team.
As part of the acute stroke rehabilitation service, you will work closely with the wider MDT to set collaborative rehabilitation goals and treatment programmes to support timely discharge into the community. As such you will be expected to build close links with our community stroke therapy staff to support a seamless early discharge into the community setting supporting acute patient flow.
You will be responsible for the day to day running of the OT team which will include both clinical and operational management responsibilities.
The suitable candidate will have a broad understanding of the stroke rehabilitation pathway from admission through to the community setting and have post graduate stroke or neuro rehabilitation experience and wishing to specialise in this clinical field.
The Integrated Stroke Therapy Team is a SSNAP ‘A’ rated service which provides specialist stroke services to adults within the acute & rehabilitation setting at both Royal Blackburn Hospital and Pendle Community Hospital. While the East Lancashire Community Stroke Service provides rehabilitation to patients within a range of settings including outpatient departments, patients’ homes, and care home settings.
The integrated therapy team consists of a whole MDT team including Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Clinical Psychology, AHP Professor in Neurorehabilitation and Stroke along with Therapy Assistant Practitioners.
As a service we are actively involved in research developments and as the clinical lead you will have opportunities to participate in service improvement projects. We also have a robust training and supervision structure in place to support staff to full fill their role.
As part of the therapy service, you will work across the stroke therapy pathway at weekends. The weekend rota includes a 7-day working rota including bank holidays.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Gumbley Job title: Operational Lead for Stroke & Neuro Therapies Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01282 803643
