Job Description

Previous applicants need not apply



An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist to join Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's Adults and Specialist Rehabilitation (ASR) services. This varied and challenging role allows you to work across inpatient and community settings, supporting teams during vacancies, maternity leave, or high demand.



You'll deliver high-quality assessments and interventions across diverse services including the West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre (specialist clinics, amputee rehab, wheelchair/posture services) and Moseley Hall Hospital (neurological rehab, stroke units, outpatient brain injury care, and early supported discharge).



Therapy may be delivered at service bases, client homes, or in the community across Birmingham and the West Midlands. Some roles involve independent travel and extended driving.



This is a great chance to gain broad clinical, organisational, and leadership experience in specialist rehabilitation. Candidates must have clinical experience in neurology and complex disability assessment, be flexible, and ready to adapt quickly to new environments. Strong knowledge of current clinical practices, excellent time management, and a full driving license are essential.



This peripatetic role supports rehabilitation services within the Adult and Specialist Rehabilitation (ASR) Division, which serves Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.



You'll work within interdisciplinary teams to assess clients with complex needs--physical, cognitive, social, and psychological--across various environments. You will evaluate rehabilitation, social, and care needs, formulating evidence-based interventions in collaboration with clients, carers, and other professionals.



On inpatient neuro-rehabilitation units and within the Birmingham Neuro-Rehabilitation Team, you will act as key worker for a caseload, coordinating outpatient programmes and serving as the main contact for clients, carers, and external agencies.



Effective communication is essential, requiring you to use a range of techniques to motivate, persuade, and reassure clients and stakeholders. The role involves close liaison with both internal and external professionals.



You will also provide supervision and support to junior staff, therapy assistants, and students, depending on the service area you are working in.



Be Part of Our Team...



BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.



Detailed job description and main responsibilities



For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.



All services are provided by teams of clinical professionals and support staff who aim to provide personalised, integrated services that best meet the needs of individual patients and their careers and assist them in managing their physical, cognitive, emotional and social disabilities.



For further information please contact Ruth Banner Clinical Specialist OT on 0121-4666-6590.