University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead OT Stroke Rehabilitation
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An Exciting Secondment Opportunity
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the Stroke Therapy Team within the 21-bed Stroke Rehabilitation Unit at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital.
Role Overview
As Clinical Lead OT, you will provide clinical leadership for Occupational Therapy services, delivering high-quality, evidence-based stroke rehabilitation that enables patients to maximise independence and quality of life. Working within a skilled multidisciplinary team, you will support excellent patient outcomes, staff development, and service improvement.
The unit is a key part of the UHDB stroke pathway, providing specialist rehabilitation for patients transferring from the Acute Stroke Unit at Royal Derby Hospital. You will collaborate closely with Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nursing and Medical colleagues.
We are a forward-thinking service committed to innovation, quality improvement, and person-centred care. The role offers opportunities for leadership development, specialist training, supervision, and continuing professional development.
What We Are Seeking
We are seeking a clinically credible Occupational Therapist with strong leadership skills, advanced stroke rehabilitation knowledge, and a passion for demonstrating the value of Occupational Therapy within stroke services. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership for the Occupational Therapy service within the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based stroke rehabilitation.
- Involve advanced assessment and treatment of patients with complex physical, cognitive and perceptual impairments, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to maximise outcomes and promote independence.
- Support and develop Occupational Therapists, Therapy Support Workers and students through supervision, education and clinical leadership, while contributing to service development, quality improvement and best practice initiatives.
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Qualifications and Skills
- Significant experience in stroke and neurological rehabilitation.
- Advanced assessment and treatment skills for complex stroke patients.
- Knowledge of national stroke guidelines, NICE guidance and evidence-based practice.
- Experience of leadership, supervision and staff development.
- Excellent organisational, communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills.
- A commitment to person-centred care and continuous service improvement.
- The ability to work autonomously and lead effectively within a team.
Application Details
- Closing date for applications: 20 August 2026
- Interview date: 3 September 2026
About Us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
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Benefits
In Return We Will Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Helen Hands
- Job title: Operational Therapy Team Leader
- Email address: helen.hands1@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01332 786387
To discuss the post further please speak to Helen Hands or Laura Hulton, Clinical Lead OT SRU, laura.hulton@nhs.net 01332 254966.
We’d love to hear from you! If you have any questions about the role, team, or working environment, feel free to get in touch for an informal chat. Speaking with us before applying is completely optional, but it can help you decide if this opportunity is the right fit for you.
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