Job summary
Join our friendly and innovative Community Stroke Team and make a real difference to the lives of stroke survivors. This exciting role offers the opportunity to deliver specialist rehabilitation in patients' homes and local communities, helping people regain independence, rebuild confidence, and achieve what matters most to them.
Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will assess, treat, and empower individuals following stroke, using your clinical skills and creativity to support recovery and participation in everyday life. You will manage a varied caseload, work autonomously, and contribute to service development, quality improvement, and the supervision of students and support staff.
This is an excellent opportunity for an Occupational Therapist with a passion for stroke and neurological rehabilitation who is looking to develop their skills within a dynamic and rewarding community setting.
Proposed Interview Date: 20th August 2026
Main duties of the job
To provide Occupational Therapy assessment to stroke and neurological patients with diverse physical and cognitive presentations, and deliver an individualised treatment programme, in patients homes and community settings.
To hold responsibility for own case load, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular formal training and clinical reasoning sessions, peer review, case conferences and reflective practice. Access to advice and support from a senior occupational therapist is available regularly.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To provide expert advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, carers and relatives and other non-professionals.
To work as a member of the Hertfordshire Neurological Service team which specialises in the treatment and management of patients with stroke and other neurological conditions.
To be responsible for clinical supervision, education and assessment of a band five or rehabilitation assistant.
To supervise, educate and assess the performance of occupational therapy students; this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification.
To participate in seven day working rota
To provide occasional support to the inpatient team, covering four stroke beds, providing assessment and treatment to those patients.
About us
A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
You'll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff
We put our patients, their families and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities
Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision
We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds
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Job description
Job responsibilities
MAIN DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: For a full list of responsibilities, please see attached job description
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own clinical practice and work. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management.
To undertake a comprehensive assessment of stroke patients and use advanced clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to provide patient specific treatment plans.
To formulate and deliver an individual occupational therapy treatment programme, based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment skills.
To formulate patient centred goals.
Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the capacity to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
Evaluate patient progress and treatment programmes, reassess and alter treatment programmes as required, using recognised outcome measures, assessment tools and advanced clinical skills.
To assess and manage clinical risk within own patient case load.
To be registered with the Health Professional Council/ Occupational Therapy register
To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive records in line with legal, professional and HCTs standards of practice.
Represent the Occupational Therapy service and/or individual patients at the multi-disciplinary team meetings, to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service. This will include discussion of individualised patient care and treatment packages, patient progress, involvement in discharge planning from bed bases and management plans following transfer from the ESD team.
When working in the community and domiciliary settings, to work as a lone practitioner with telephone support from a senior therapist if required.
To be responsible for the safe and competent use of all equipment used within the role including manual handling equipment, ADL equipment, splinting devices and other patient appliances and aids. Check all equipment prior to use and report any faults to the relevant authority.
Person Specification
Essential and Desirable
Essential
- Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent
- HPC registration
- Experience of working with stroke patients in a community or inpatient setting at Band 5 level.
- Documented evidence of professional development and reflective practice in relevant aspects of neurological rehabilitation: e.g. attendance at in-service training sessions, reflective practice etc.
- Ability and experience of carrying out a comprehensive neurological occupational therapy assessment in order to formulate a comprehensive neurological treatment plan and goals.
- Knowledge and experience of using a wide range of therapeutic occupational therapy interventions for the treatment of patients with a stroke.
- Knowledge and experience of using a range of recognised outcome measures and goal setting skills as appropriate to the rehabilitation of patients with stroke.
- Good understanding of current NHS issues, professional standards, CPD, clinical governance.
Desirable
- Attendance at relevant post-graduate neurological training courses e.g. Normal movement, spasticity management, splinting, cognition and perceptual assessment, fatigue management
- Experience of working in a neurological rehabilitation setting at band 6 level.
- Experience of supervising and appraising other staff e.g. rehabilitation assistants
- Experience in delivering training to occupational therapists and other members of the MDT
- Involvement in service development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
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Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Address
Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
School Lane
Welwyn
AL6 9PW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.hct.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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