Job overview

Are you an experienced and passionate Occupational Therapist ready to lead, innovate and make an impact in stroke care?

We’re seeking a talented Band 6 or Band 7 OT who’s eager to take the next leap in their career — someone with stroke experience, a track record of service improvement, and a drive to inspire others.

In this role, you’ll work across both the Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) and Acute Stroke Unit (ASU), supporting patients through every stage of their recovery journey. You’ll play a key role within a vibrant, multidisciplinary team, collaborating closely with our community neuro partners to ensure seamless, high-quality care. 

This is your opportunity to develop specialist expertise, grow your leadership potential and shape the future of stroke rehabilitation within an innovative, multidisciplinary team that values your ideas and supports your ambitions. As a successful candidate, you will have the opportunity to provide high quality Occupational Therapy to patients with a stroke whilst growing your specialist experience and leadership skills in a welcoming and supportive environment.  

You will receive regular clinical supervision from a Clinical Specialist OT and professional support and supervision from a Lead OT to support both your clinical and professional development. We actively support continuing personal and professional development through an established performance development review (PDR) system, in-service training and external courses. 

Main duties of the job

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care.

To provide comprehensive and specialist occupational therapy assessment and diagnosis for adults with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced neurological assessment, clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills.

To use advanced communication, implementing a range of verbal and non-verbal skills, with patients and their / carers to motivate, maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure an understanding of their condition. 

Have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the in-patient neurosciences, stroke and neuro-trauma.  Plan and organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time.

To flexibly manage responsibilities and priorities, both for own caseload and for the team. To manage changes in service and staffing, both planned and unpredictable, including caseload management.

To contribute to business planning, service development and demand & capacity management by providing timely advice and information to the Therapies Management Team on all matters relating to the speciality and the team. 

To ensure that all staff within the team have appropriate support for their clinical practice and continuing professional development through team meetings, review, supervision, appraisal, training and development. 

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. .