Stroke Clinical Lead

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust


Date: 2 days ago
City: Maidstone
Contract type: Part time
Are you a people person? Are you interested in developing a rewarding career within the healthcare setting? Are you motivated, enthusiastic and an excellent communicator? If yes, then this may be an ideal opportunity for you to join our friendly and supportive Occupational Therapy team at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join the A rated Stroke Team at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Trust. An exciting opportunity has come up within the stroke team to get involved in the leadership of the developing community outreach services including the 'Early Supported Discharge' team. This unique service works closely with an in-house team of stroke specific carers, physios and SLTs to provide intensive rehabilitation to patients within their own home in the West Kent area.

We would welcome an innovative and passionate neuro occupational therapist with a keen eye for quality improvement and evidence-based care. You will need to have a flexible approach, be resourceful and enthusiastic in demonstrating the impact and added value that Occupational Therapy brings to the pathway. Excellent time management, resilience and prioritisation skills are essential for delivery of an efficient and effective service.

We are looking for experienced, dynamic, innovative and forward thinking Occupational Therapists to be involved in this exciting opportunity.

The successful candidates will be a highly skilled clinician with expert clinical knowledge, skills and experience supervising and educating others.

You will need to have a flexible approach, be resourceful and enthusiastic in demonstrating the impact and added value that Occupational Therapy brings to the acute stroke pathway. Excellent time management, resilience and prioritisation skills are essential for delivery of an efficient and effective service.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jane Duffy Job title: Clinical Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07523942250

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