About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen, for an enthusiastic and dynamic Specialist Occupational Therapist, that has a keen interest in working with patients with neurological conditions, to join our Band 6 Neuro Rotation at BHRUT.
We have an established Band 6 Neuro rotation which offers experience in the following areas: Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; Acute Stroke Unit; Stroke Rehabilitation; Early Supported Discharge Team; Regional Neurosciences Unit and our Neuro Outliers Therapy Team. You will work alongside highly specialist members of staff and clinical specialists to ensure quality neuro-specific treatment to patients with neurological conditions and contribute to the development of these services while fostering multidisciplinary relationships and team working. Experience can be gained in treatment and management of a wide variety of neurological patients as well as further developing leadership skills in the different rotations
You will have opportunities to supervise more junior staff and students and be expected to take an active role in the in-service training, audit and service development.
Learning and development are important to our Team. We have established In-service training programmes tailored to different developmental needs and experience and there will be opportunities to present on our accredited Stroke MDT course which we run twice yearly. External courses are supported if the need has been clearly identified through the Appraisal and Personal Development Plans
Main duties of the job
Through a holistic approach, to provide a high standard of Occupational Therapy service, facilitating and maximising patient potential within the service boundaries. Rotations include: Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; Acute Stroke Unit; Stroke Rehabilitation; Early Supported Discharge Team; Regional Neurosciences Unit and our Neuro Outliers Therapy Team at Queens Hospital and King George Hospital.
To participate in the Band 6 Neuro rotational scheme, this involves working across Trust sites as well as in the community, in line with your chosen career pathway, subject to availability.
To fulfil a teaching and supervisory role with peers, junior staff and students on placement.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Job description Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
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All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Experience/ Knowledge Essential
To have broad clinical experience during Band 5 rotations Active participation of in-service training
Desirable
Experience of working with neurological conditions including rehabilitation
Skills/ Abilities Essential
Ability to demonstrate skills in assessment and treatment of patients in line with current practice and research
Desirable
Experience of supervision of other staff i.e. assistants Presentation skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
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UK Registration
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Employer details Employer name Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Queen's Hospital
Rom Valley Way
Romford
RM7 0AG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)