B7 Advanced Occupational Therapist - Acute Neurosciences

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust B7 Advanced Occupational Therapist - Acute Neurosciences The closing date is 02 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary An exciting B7 post is available within our dynamic and friendly Neurosciences team. This is a chance to work within a highly specialist team in Queen's Hospital Regional Neurosciences Centre. You will have opportunity to use high level clinical skills across a wide range of elective and acute conditions across our wards, including acquired brain injury, spinal trauma, spinal cord injury, neuro-oncology, and acute neurology. You will be working within our integrated team, delivering clinical care, providing team support, and helping to develop the service across acute wards including critical care. The successful candidate would be working alongside Band 7 Occupational / Physiotherapy colleagues. Queen's Hospital is a busy new-build hospital situated on the fringes of London with access also into the countryside of Essex.In line with the Government agenda for the NHS and in order to achieve the highest quality of care for our patients we have moved to a 7 day service and are looking for a person who will enjoy the benefits of this working pattern. If you want a rewarding opportunity where you will be encouraged to influence and develop whilst being valued and supported then apply today. Main duties of the job To provide specialist assessment, treatment and advice to patients withinyour area of speciality, facilitating and maximising patient potential within theservice boundaries. This will involve working with various neuroscience pathologies such as spinal surgery, spinal cord injury, spinal trauma,traumatic brain injury, brain haemorrhage, neuro-oncology and acuteneurology conditions. The post holder will be expected to be able to providetheir specialist skills within ward and neuro-intensive care environments, (andacross sites as per work demands). To give highly specialist guidance and advice to other members of theMultidisciplinary Team (MDT) on matters relating to your specialist area. This may include participation within the Neuro-Outliers Team. Provide leadership for the Occupational Therapy team, in conjunction withthe Clinical Lead and other Band 7 staff, in planning, coordinating, deliveringand evaluating the Occupational Therapy service provided to patients withinyour specialist area on a day-to-day basis. To provide a lead role in teaching, supervising and appraising peers, Band 6and Band 5, Student Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants on a dayto-day basis. To deputise in the absence of senior colleagues as required. To contribute to the day to day running and development of the servicethrough the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, proceduresand guidelines using evidence-based practise and current research. About us We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission. We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than