Essentials for this role:
- Car driver and able to use car for patient visits in the community
- Able to interview on date advertised
- Worked with stroke patients and have knowledge of how to deliver stroke rehabilitation. Applications will not be considered without these knowledge and skills.
Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team
The Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team (N-CST) has delivered a robust Integrated Community Stroke Service model (ICSS), as per the national guidelines, for over a decade. N-CST continues to see patients within 48 hours of discharge home, for rehabilitation assessment and intensive goal-based rehabilitation. The patients time with the team is needs based and patients can access any of the other services they require, regardless of time post stroke. Rehabilitation is completed by a stroke specialist MDT, that includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nurses, Rehabilitation Practitioners, Rehabilitation Assistants and Admin staff. The team also has face to face exercise groups and six-month reviews.
Responsible for providing and co-ordinating Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for a caseload of stroke patients in the Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team.
Responsible, with the MDT, for managing and co-ordinating treatment and care input for patients on the caseload in conjunction with the patient, family and carers within the patient’s own home or place of care.
To rotate into the CST Vocational therapy team, to provide vocational assessment and support to patients on the CST caseload.
To supervise, appraise and develop band 5 Occupational Therapists, band 4 and 3 staff and student OTs in the team.
To support band 7 and 8 staff in managing and planning the NGH stroke rehabilitation services, deputising for the OT team lead as required.
Responsible for providing and co-ordinating Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for a caseload of stroke patients in the Northamptonshire Community Stroke Team.
To rotate into the CST Vocational therapy team, to provide vocational assessment and support to patients on the CST caseload.
To supervise, appraise and develop band 5 Occupational Therapists, band 4 and 3 staff and student OTs in the team.
Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.
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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Responsible, with the MDT, for managing and co-ordinating treatment and care input for patients on the caseload in conjunction with the patient, family and carers within the patient’s own home or place of care.
For further details, please see the attached job description and person specification
