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Location

Salford, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom

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Job description

A Vacancy at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join a rotation across our Neurorehabilitation services. The rotations include: Hyper Acute & Acute Neuro rehabilitation ward both based at Salford Royal Hospital and the Floyd unit INRU based in Rochdale. Expansion of this rotation to include a community rotation is also being considered. Our Hyper acute Neurorehabilitation ward is a 20 bedded ward. The team consists of 5 OT's and cares for patients requiring hyper acute medical management. The caseload includes a range of Neurological conditions including patients undergoing tracheostomy care and management, patients with Persistent Disorders of Consciousness (PDOC) and SCI. Our acute Neuro unit has 10 neurorehabilitation beds and has 2 OT's. The Floyd unit is based at the Birch hill hospital site in Rochdale and is a 19 bedded unit for the care of post-acute patients requiring ongoing community based in-patient rehabilitation. It has a team of 4 OT's. Strong interpersonal skills and a positive, proactive approach to service and professional development are essential. Excellent organisational abilities and the flexibility to travel across these sites will also be required. All rotations will provide you with strong clinical support and training allowing you an excellent opportunity to specialise in Neurorehabilitation across a variety of settings.
• To provide specialist, individualised, Occupational therapy interventions for all patients admitted with a Neurological condition.
• The role involves clinical, leadership and educational opportunities to develop outstanding evidence-based practice in the occupational therapy management of patients with neurological conditions.
• Excellent communication skills will be required to liaise effectively with treating clinicians, the patient, their family members, and community services and support networks throughout the patient pathway.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three

core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a betterwork-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information

around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:

In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme, we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

This advert closes on Friday 1 Mar 2024

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