Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist

Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist Fairlie Healthcare Group

Fairlie Healthcare Group is a leading specialist provider of high-quality care, established in 1999. We specialise in supporting adults with complex neurological conditions, including patients with tracheostomies and those requiring ventilator support.

We operate three specialist homes:
Fairlie House in West Norwood, Highfield House in Purley and Woodstown House in Banstead
. All three homes have achieved an Outstanding CQC rating
, reflecting our commitment to delivering exceptional care and continually improving the lives of the people we support.

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated Senior Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team and provide specialist neurological occupational therapy across our three homes. This is a senior clinical role offering the opportunity to work autonomously, provide expert clinical leadership and contribute to the continued development of our occupational therapy service. You will manage a complex clinical caseload while providing specialist advice, guidance and support to colleagues, residents, families and carers.

You will also play a key role in developing meaningful activity, sensory stimulation and rehabilitation programmes that promote residents’ independence, engagement and quality of life.

• Provide highly specialist occupational therapy assessment, clinical reasoning and intervention for residents with complex neurological and physical disabilities.
• Manage a specialist clinical caseload across Fairlie House and Woodstown House.
• Provide expert advice and clinical guidance to the wider multidisciplinary team, junior therapists, therapy assistants, healthcare assistants, activity staff, families and carers.
• Provide clinical leadership and contribute to the development of occupational therapy practice across the three homes.
• Lead and support meaningful leisure, recreation, sensory stimulation and cognitive activity programmes tailored to residents’ individual needs and interests.
• Work collaboratively with the MDT to ensure residents receive holistic, person-centred care.

• Undertake comprehensive specialist occupational therapy assessments and develop evidence-based, resident-centred intervention plans.
• Provide specialist neurological interventions, including postural management, cognitive rehabilitation, sensory stimulation, ADL/IADL interventions and functional rehabilitation.
• Undertake and interpret specialist assessments for residents with disorders of consciousness and complex cognitive presentations, including WHIM, SMART and CRS-R, where appropriate.
• Use clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice to determine appropriate therapeutic interventions and review outcomes.
• Provide professional leadership, supervision and support to junior staff and therapy assistants.
• Contribute to clinical, management and service development meetings as a representative of the occupational therapy service.
• Support the development and implementation of clinical pathways, policies and best practice within the OT service.
• Promote effective communication with residents and their families, adapting approaches to meet complex communication needs.
• Work closely with the wider MDT to maximise residents’ rehabilitation potential, independence, wellbeing and quality of life.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and ensure all practice meets professional, legal and organisational standards.
• Support service development, audit, quality improvement and continuing professional development.

• Significant post-registration occupational therapy experience, ideally within neurological rehabilitation, complex care or…