Locum Inpatient Occupational Therapist

Job Title:  Neuro Occupational Therapist – Band 6/7
Location:  London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust – Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow
Area:  North West London NHS
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing
Job details:  Experienced Occupational Therapist required to start asap for 12 weeks – Inpatient Neuro/Stroke. JD available on request:

• As an autonomous practitioner to assess and treat own case load and provide a highly specialist neurology OT service to patients.
• To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), assessing and treating patients with highly complex neurological disability and maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records.
• To be a clinical lead for the inpatient stroke and neurology Occupational Therapy (OT) service
• To work closely with the crosssite Head of Inpatient OT and the Clinical Lead for Inpatient Services to support the development of the Neurology OT Service.
• To contribute to the management of all aspects of the Neurology Inpatient OT Service. This includes prioritising and organising all referrals to the neurology service and allocation of patients.
• To be responsible for the development and appraisal of the team members, including specialist rotational OTs, juniors, and students.
• To regularly provide formal and informal, ongoing training and education to OT staff, other healthcare professions and students.
• To engage in own continued professional development (CPD) and service development.
• To take a lead on clinical audit within the team and undertake research.

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week.
Code: SD/. AH0012D4. 021001. BE18413