Community Stroke Rehab Occupational Therapist

Band 6 Occupational Therapist: Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team - Band5 to 6 development would be considered for the right candidate

30 hours

We are looking for a suitably experienced Occupational therapist to join our friendly and driven community stroke team.

As a valued member of our multidisciplinary team based at Infinity house Crewe, you will provide post stroke rehab to patients discharged home across the footprint of CCICP. You will be supported in this role by OT colleagues as well as the wider team to deliver quality, safe patient care. We have strong working relationship with our internal and external stakeholders and prioritise service improvements adopting a Continuous Improvement approach.

If you feel you are a match for our friendly patient-focused team we look forward to hearing from you.

Main duties of the job

o To work autonomously to manage a defined complex patient caseload whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

o To contribute to the delivery of the service in a variety of defined clinical settings, which may include rehabilitation settings, community clinics and the patient's home.

o To undertake specialist clinical assessment, taking into account all relevant information and clinical reasoning to formulate evidence based individualised treatment plans in agreement with the patient.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised
nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care we also need to look after our colleagues.