Occupational Therapist- Stroke

An exciting opportunity has become available for an Occupational Therapist to join the Acute Stroke therapy team at Doncaster Royal infirmary. Together with Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy, Dietetic and Nursing Staff you will be part of a highly motivated team providing early assessment and rehabilitation on this busy acute ward. A team of Therapy Assistant's provide support for the Clinical Therapy services on the ward.,

• To manage own clinical caseload of patients with a variety of needs and complexities.
• To carry out a range of assessments simple and complex on patients referred to Occupational Therapy, considering their physical, cognitive, visual, psychological and functional abilities.
• To plan and implement treatment programmes with clearly established patient-centred goals and objectives.
  
  The post is ideal for an existing Band 5 OT who has experience of working within Stroke who is keen to specialise and further develop their skills in a specialist area. There will be opportunity for the successful candidate to gain experience in Stroke rehabilitation at the Fred and Ann Green Centre at Montagu hospital. The successful candidate will hold the relevant OT qualifications and previous experience of working in Stroke, have HCPC registration.
  
  DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.
At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions. As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.