Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - Acute Stroke Unit
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is a part-time, fixed-term opportunity for a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist to join the Acute Stroke Unit at Royal Berkshire Hospital. The role involves being a clinical expert in stroke patient management, providing leadership to the OT team, and managing a complex caseload. The successful candidate will contribute to departmental planning and policy development.
Essential criteria
- Substantial specialist experience at a senior level
- Extensive post-graduate experience within the NHS
- Post-graduate training/qualification in the management of stroke and neurology patients
- Experience of teaching and presenting to other staff
- Experience of supervising and developing other staff and students
Desirable criteria
- MSc or equivalent training/experience in related area
- Knowledge of NHS structure
- Previous experience of a range of healthcare settings
- Knowledge & Skills
- Knowledge of current issues and policy relating to field of practice
- Registered OT with HCPC
- Advanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of acute stroke patients, including advanced clinical reasoning & treatment skills
- Attendance at specialist courses relating to OT within the field of stroke/neurology
- Completion of relevant QI projects
- Evidence of CPD
- Substantial specialist experience at a senior level
- Extensive post-graduate experience within the NHS
- Post-graduate training/qualification in the management of stroke and neurology patients
- Experience of teaching and presenting to other staff
- Experience of supervising and developing other staff and students
- MSc or equivalent training/experience in related area
- Knowledge of NHS structure
- Previous experience of a range of healthcare settings
- Knowledge & Skills
- Knowledge of current issues and policy relating to field of practice
- Registered OT with HCPC
- Advanced knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of acute stroke patients, including advanced clinical reasoning & treatment skills
- Attendance at specialist courses relating to OT within the field of stroke/neurology
- Completion of relevant QI projects
- Evidence of CPD
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist in Acute Stroke Unit
Part Time 22.5 hours per week.
\*\*This is a fixed-term/secondment opportunity for 12 months (to October 2027) to cover maternity leave.\*\*
We have an exciting opportunity for a clinical specialist Occupational Therapist to join our Occupational Therapy Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
This post will be based on the Acute Stroke Unit and the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
You will be a versatile and enthusiastic OT, clinically expert in the management of acute stroke patients. We are a friendly, very supportive and proactive multidisciplinary team with fantastic links with our community and system partners.
If you are looking for a new leadership role using your clinical experience and opportunities to grow, develop and work with others, then this role will be ideal for you!
Main duties of the job
To be an Occupational Therapist clinical expert in the management of stroke patients for the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT).
To be responsible for the operational management and clinical leadership of the Acute Stroke Unit Occupational Therapy team, in conjunction with the Neurology OT Team Lead and Professional Lead.
To use expert occupational therapy knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the Acute Str
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