Job overview

This is an exciting time to join the Lincolnshire Stroke Service (LSS) as we have an opportunity for dynamic, ambitious, and forward-thinking Occupational Therapist to work within the Stroke pathway, predominately in community settings. We are seeking an experienced OT with demonstrable experience in Neurological field and passion for improving lives of people who have recently had a stroke.

With recent service developments, the focus is on working collaboratively across the Stroke Pathway, with acute, in-patient rehabilitation and community services, to provide a seamless pathway putting patients at the centre.

You will work in close partnership with all professional team leads to provide expert knowledge, professional advice and clinical leadership to teams across the stroke pathway, ensuring a coordinated and cohesive approach to deliver quality therapy service. It will involve elements of Professional / Team Leadership and management of complex therapy caseload and is open to an experienced OT.

We work closely with the Acute Trust, United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) and LSS is integrated across the Trusts, working together, through a period of transformation and innovation, to ensure Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition for people to live healthier lives, provide care closer to where people live and deliver a service that is 'fit for our families'. 

Please note this role will not commence until February 2026 at the earliest

Main duties of the job

LSS prides itself on delivering the highest quality of care to patients in the right setting, at the right time, by the right clinician. You will play a key role in delivering patient-centred rehabilitation and be afforded opportunities to work with patients at different stages of their stroke recovery. You will be a core member of the wider multi-disciplinary team which include consultants, nurses, neuropsychologist, specialist physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, assistant practitioners and rehabilitation assistants. 

You will work as an autonomous practitioner, undertaking specialist assessment and treatment which is evidence-based, and delivering this efficiently and effectively with regards to clinical priorities and the use of time.

This role will include countywide shared professional leadership and locality lead responsibilities for one of the four locality teams, located in the North East of the county. The role will also have a focus on developing and maintaining close working links across acute, community hospitals, stroke association, mental health and social care services.

Your post will require the ability to travel across Lincolnshire therefore you must have effective travel arrangements. 

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce. 

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives.  Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.  Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme.  Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev