• As an autonomous practitioner to assess and treat own case load and provide a specialist neurology occupational therapy service to patients.
• To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), assessing and treating patients with complex neurological disability and maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records.
• To work closely with the clinical leads for the inpatient and community neurology occupational therapy service to support the development of the services.
• To contribute to the management of all aspects of the Neurology Inpatient Occupational Therapy Service. This includes prioritising and organising referrals to the neurology service and allocation of patients.
• To be a member of the team working as part of the rostered 7 day neuro service
• To be responsible for the development and appraisal of the team members, including Band 5,4,2 and students.
• To regularly provide formal and informal, on-going training and education to occupational therapy staff, other healthcare professions and students.
• To engage in own continued professional development (CPD) and service development.
• To participate in clinical audit and research within the team

The successful applicant will need to:

• Have experience as a band 5 in both acute and rehabilitation settings.
• Enjoy the excitement of new styles of working
• Have a dynamic approach to work and capable of working in a changing environment
• This post holder will be an autonomous practitioner in this rotation post , assisting in the coordination and provision of a specialist occupational therapy service to patients
• The post holder will provide assessment and treatment for patients with a wide range of complex physical, sensory, perceptual and cognitive problems with inpatient, which may include visits to assess the home environment.
• The post holder will be expected to manage their own caseload working alongside the multi disciplinary team and other external agencies to ensure specialist treatment plans, including physio, Social Services, specialist nurses etc.
• They will be expected to work collaboratively with patients, family, carers and with colleagues in health and social services to ensure effective service planning, and delivery of services to their specific patient group.
• The post holder will contribute to departmental meetings, and participate in audits and regularly undertake research and CPD activities in specialist area of interest within neuro and stroke.
• They will be responsible for maintaining a professional and specialist knowledge base through participation in appraisal and CPD activities and attendance at specialist courses relevant to area of work.
• They will be responsible for planning and delivering specialist education to other OTs, professionals and patient/carers on aspects of sensory, perceptual, physical and functional skills, equipment use, and functional limitations re safety issues.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

The rotations include:

• The Regional Hyperacute Rehabilitation level 1 Unit serving patients with complex neurological disability.
• A dynamic interdisciplinary Neurological Rehabilitation Service for acute neurological inpatients.
• Treating a wide variety of conditions including head injury, stroke, spinal injury, MS & Parkinson's .
• An integrated stroke service including Hyper Acute stroke, Acute stroke rehab and Stroke Early Supported Discharge
• The post will allow you to develop your therapeutic, interdisciplinary and management skills
• There is a high level of clinical support from senior therapists with a wide range of experience and knowledge

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