Stroke Occupational Therapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Welwyn, AL6 9PW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	26 Oct 2026
Closing date:	6 Nov 2026

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Summary

This role offers the opportunity to combine specialist clinical practice with leadership, learning and service development. Youll work autonomously while benefiting from regular supervision, clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences and senior occupational therapy support. Provide comprehensive occupational therapy assessments for people with stroke and other neurological conditions. Use advanced clinical reasoning to agree person-centred goals and develop individualised, evidence-based treatment plans. Monitor and evaluate patients progress using recognised assessment tools and outcome measures, adapting rehabilitation plans as required. Assess and manage clinical risk within your caseload. Obtain informed consent and work within the relevant legal framework when a patient lacks capacity. Manage and prioritise an independent caseload, responding flexibly to changing patient and service needs. Work autonomously in patients homes and community settings, with access to senior clinical support when required. Represent occupational therapy and advocate for patients at multidisciplinary meetings, progress reviews and discharge-planning discussions. Work collaboratively with patients, families, carers, health and social care professionals and partner organisations. Support safe and effective transitions from inpatient settings Recommend and support the safe use of manual-handling equipment, daily-living aids, splinting equipment and other appliances. Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive clinical records in line with legal, professional and Trust standards. Provide day-to-day supervision, teaching and assessment for Band 5 occupational therapists, rehabilitation assistants and occupational therapy students. Delegate work appropriately and help ensure that staff under your supervision meet professional standards. Contribute to in-service training, tutorials, reflective practice, peer review and professional learning. Maintain your own continuing professional development and keep up to date with evidence-based stroke and neurological rehabilitation. Contribute to audit, research, outcome measurement and service data collection. Identify opportunities to improve clinical practice, team protocols and service delivery. Deputise for senior staff when required, helping to coordinate daily occupational therapy priorities. Participate in the weekend working rota. HCT will prioritise recruitment of workers living in England under the new immigration rules for care workers effective from 9 April 2025. Employers must first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship. This ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so.

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