Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Newcastle Community Stroke Services is a Multi-Disciplinary Team committed to delivering high quality community-based stroke rehabilitation for adults. We are part of a well-established integrated stroke pathway ensuring high quality stroke care from acute admission, inpatient rehabilitation to home. We are constantly evolving our practice to provide evidence based therapeutic interventions and use patient and carer feedback to develop rehabilitation pathways that meet our patient’s needs. We are ready to welcome an enthusiastic, creative and dynamic new Specialist Occupational Therapist to our team.

We are a welcoming, supportive team, dedicated to improving the outcome for stroke patients and provide support for their significant others. We provide education, information and promote self-management skills to complement the patient’s individual rehabilitation journey.

Are you looking for an opportunity to further develop your stroke rehabilitation skills and knowledge, contribute to service development, enhance your leadership skills and invest in your own continuing professional development? If the answer is yes, then we would welcome your application to join our team.

Main duties of the job

You will join the team as a Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist working closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues to deliver client-centered stroke rehabilitation in people’s homes or other community-based settings. It is essential you have excellent verbal and written communication skills to be an effective clinician and team player.

You will have experience of stroke rehabilitation and be competent in specialist assessment and treatment techniques such as normal movement approach, upper limb therapy and cognitive rehabilitation. You will have a robust knowledge about stroke related disability and the psycho-social impact of this on function. You will be a flexible and creative practitioner, able to develop and carry out Occupational Therapy intervention plans to meet the rehabilitation needs for patients who present with varied and complex sequelae of stroke. All team members take an active role in secondary prevention and healthy lifestyle advice and support for our patients.

You will be required to provide in-reach work into the acute and stroke rehabilitation wards to promote an integrated and seamless stroke journey for patients who have experienced a sudden change in function and level of independence.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• In-depth clinical knowledge of medical conditions / stroke and their effect on occupational performance
• Highly developed understanding of OT process within community setting
• In-depth knowledge of health and social care policy, risk assessment and management
• Extensive knowledge of a range of disability equipment
• Extensive knowledge of eligibility criteria and procedures/policies relevant to disability equipment, minor housing adaptations
• Highly specialist knowledge of moving and handling legislation and knowledge of current moving and handling best practice and associated equipment
• Excellent understanding of professional ethics and their application into practice
• Good knowledge of clinical governance
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Knowledge of undertaking research and audit projects
• Knowledge of team dynamics and team building

SKILLS

Essential

• Good organisation, time management, problem solving and prioritisation skills
• Supervisory, team management skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Commitment to personal and service development
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Car Driver

Desirable

• IT skills
• Presentation skills

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Significant post-registration experience incl experience within stoke and physical health
• Use of functional assessment and activity analysis

Desirable

• Experience of working with patients with physical disability e.g. stroke and reduced mobility
• Team management
• Experience in supervising staff

QUALIFICATION

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in OT
• State registered with Health Professions Council
• Post graduate experience

Desirable

• Member of BAOT

Closing Date: 20 July 2026