Lead Stroke Occupational Therapist.

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University Hospital Lewisham OT seeking a highly skilled Stroke Occupational Therapist (band 8a) to join our progressive and friendly Stroke unit Rehabilitation team.

This senior role is pivotal in delivering high-quality, patient-centred stroke care across the acute stroke units. You will provide expert clinical input, support service development and lead evidence-based practice within a well-established multidisciplinary team.

The postholder will provide advanced clinical assessment and intervention for patients across the stroke pathway, leading service development initiatives to enhance rehabilitation effectiveness and improve patient flow.

They will offer specialist advice, education, and supervision to junior therapists, students and members of the wider MDT, while supporting quality improvement, audit, and research activity within the stroke service. The role also includes contributing to strategic planning to strengthen occupational therapy provision across the trust.

The postholder will actively engage with South East London stroke network, contributing to collaborative pathways, shared learning and regional service development initiatives. They will support the trust’s ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality stroke care by ensuring practice aligns with SSNAP standards, participating in data review, and driving improvements that enhance performance across key SSNAP domains.

Job Summary

To lead a high quality, effective and efficient stroke therapy service within inpatient therapy services

To utilise highly specialised and expert clinical reasoning skills and Occupational Therapy knowledge to manage an autonomous caseload and provide support to the stroke therapy and neuro outliers OT team

To be the lead Occupational therapist for the stroke units at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

To support the inpatient Lead OT in the operational management of the stroke OT team. Ensuring development of the service in line with evidence based practice and working across the whole stroke and neuro pathway

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Tilley Job title: Head of Adult Occupational Therapy Email address: emma.tilley1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07788566176

For Informal Visits Please Contact

Jessica Crankshaw: jessica.crankshaw@nhs.net