Specialist Occupational Therapist ESD​/Community Stroke Team

The Walsall Early Supported Discharge (ESD) and Community Stroke Team is seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred rehabilitation for individuals recovering from stroke within their own homes and community settings.

The post holder will provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation to adults with complex physical, cognitive, perceptual, and psychosocial needs following stroke. Working as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, you will support patients to maximise their independence, achieve their rehabilitation goals, and facilitate a smooth transition from hospital to community-based care., To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, including professional and legal accountability and managing clinical risk for all aspects of own work.

Some aspects of work will involve delivery of the care as an individual practitioner or as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing an evidence-based Occupational Therapy service for adults with a stroke. To use specialist clinical skills to assess and deliver Occupational Therapy intervention to service users with highly complex needs. In most cases to be the sole health professional with responsibility for that patient's episode of care.

To provide support to the Assistant Practitioners/Technical Instructors via supervision and Professional

Development Review. To work collaboratively with and to provide technical support to colleagues within community stroke rehabilitation services. To act as an accredited fieldwork educator for Occupational Therapy Students on placement.

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300. It provides inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010, and ongoing upgrades ensure the Trust now has state-of-the-art facilities, including a Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit.

A new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity, providing almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.