Senior Occupational Therapist - Community Stroke

Senior Occupational Therapist - Community Stroke

Due to relocation, we are looking for an experienced, forward thinking Occupational Therapist to join the Community Stroke Service here in Herefordshire.

You will be working as part of an skillful and supportive multi-disciplinary team alongside other Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Therapy Support Workers/ Practitioners.

This is a countywide service therefore you will need to be able to fulfil the travel requirements of post.

As an important member of the community stroke team, the post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the delivery of occupational therapy. You will be part of the therapy resource providing support following hospital discharge as well as longer term stroke rehabilitation. You will provide assessment, support planning and interventions to meet the person s needs in the community ensuring the delivery of high-quality care.

We offer good support, supervision and opportunities for development, including the potential for externally funded courses. As a service we are innovative, forward thinking and encourage staff engagement. You will have the opportunity to be involved in service development/ quality improvement and develop leadership skills as well as supervising staff and engagement in student placement education.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values
-Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

• NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services
• Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment

• Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration

• Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
• Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
• Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
• Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail

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.