B7 CYP's Occupational Therapist Camden OT service | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 26 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 per annum pro rota inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW5 2BX |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6288206/391-RFL-6288206 |
Summary
We seek a dynamic and enthusiastic Children and Young People’s Occupational Therapist to join a well-established and continuously growing, professional, warm, and welcoming team in Camden. The CYP's Occupational Therapy service offers a high-quality service to all children aged from 0-19 in Camden.
The Royal Free London has an extensive offer for upskilling staff in clinical areas, Leadership, and Quality Improvement providing excellent opportunities for learning, development, and networking opportunities, appropriate for all Band levels. Our highly skilled team will support you in developing their clinical skills further via supervision and support, as well as external training to areas of interest for you and the service. We will also support you in leading a clinical pathway such as Upper Limp, Assistive Technology, Social Care OT, Sensory Processing and Early Years support.
The CYP's OT service offers a high quality service to all eligible children, aged from birth to school leaving age, who live or attend school in Camden or who are registered with a Camden GP. The service covers more than 50 primary and secondary schools, special schools and units, nurseries and children’s centres.
The caseload is varied and there is much opportunity to further develop specialist skills in the areas of neurodisability, DCD and ASD and leadership skills in clinical pathways such as Upper Limp, Assistive Technology, Social Care OT, Sensory Processing and Early Years support.
The post holder will be part of the multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for delivering an OT service for children with a wide variety of diagnoses including assisting the team with diagnosis through assessment, planning, and provision of treatment. The post holder will also be responsible for leading a clinical pathway based on their experience, needs of the service, and clinical interest.
In addition to a clinical workload, the post holder will be responsible for the development and leadership of the service. With support from other senior staff, they will review and develop process maps in line with best practice evidence, identify areas for service development, and support implementation of Quality Improvement projects. They will directly supervise members of the team, run team meetings, identify gaps in knowledge, and support with CPD.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
• To be responsible for an allocated specialist caseload, providing high quality Occupational Therapy and effective case management to school aged children and their families in mainstream schools, special schools and the child’s own home within the Camden area.
• To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessment of children with complex and varied special needs through interview, standardised assessment, objective examination and clinical observations.
• To work effectively and flexibly within an interdisciplinary framework to provide goal orientated therapy programs for children
• To work as part of a flexible OT service and a wider multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings.
• To be actively involved in planning, monitoring and implementing clinical service policies and care pathways.
• To deliver all Occupational Therapy services in line with the professional body (College of Occupational Therapists), and Departmental policies and standards, thereby being professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work
Please see Job Description attached to the role.
This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Jul 2024