Occupational Therapist

Job Title: Occupational Therapist

Grade: Band 6

Department: Community Neurorehabilitation Service

Location: Beckwith House, Wellington Road, Stockport, SK7 2DZ

Trust: Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Pay rate: £21.79

Are you an enthusiastic and skilled Occupational Therapist looking to transform lives through innovative and compassionate care? Stockport NHS Foundation Trust are currently seeking experienced Occupational Therapists to work within the community neuro-rehabilitation team.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital care for children and adults across Stockport and the High Peak, as well as community health services across Stockport.

The Trust provides a wide range of services emergency, surgical and medical services and community health services to a population of 300,000 people in Stockport as well a range of community health services are run across 24 sites in Stockport. The Trusts’ cancer services have also been recently rated among the best in the country.

By joining NHS Professionals and working on the bank at Stockport FT, you can instantly help the Trust to continue to improve the life chances and wellness of the diverse communities across Stockport.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a varied caseload of patients including stroke and neurological conditions

• perform specialist occupational therapy assessments of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical and psychological conditions to provide a diagnosis and develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme

• undertake moving and handling assessments including complex presentations in the community

• plan and carry out realistic treatment programmes appropriate to each patient, using evidence-based practice.

To be successful in applying for this role you will need:

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therpay
• HCPC Registration
• Experience working in a community setting

• Knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice.

• Post registration experience in a stroke and/ or neuro-rehabilitation in a clinical setting.

About us

Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges.

Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

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.

UK Registration

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Employer details

Employer name

NHS Professionals Limited