Clinical Specialist Paediatric In-Patient Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 15 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE1 5WW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9358-25-0641 |
Summary
The Clinical Specialist will:-Provide clinical and professional leadership to Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy colleagues in the speciality area Lead, evaluate, and develop clinical practice within a specialty ensuring compliance with national and local guidelines and frameworks Be responsible for the clinical standards, evidence based practice and quality metrics within the speciality Work as an autonomous practitioner to provide specialist therapy assessments, diagnose and develop individualised treatment programmes based on the patient need, using advanced clinical reasoning skills Be responsible for a clinical caseload; which will include complex cases within their area of specialty Undertake an active role in developing and promoting Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy within the specialty Be responsible for the day to day management of the delivery of the Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy specialist team in an efficient and effective way within a fast and pressurised environment Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy within the specialist team holding responsibility for defined projects Work alongside the Therapy Specialty Lead / Therapy Clinical Team Leader to develop links between the specialist Therapy team and relevant CMGs within UHL Ensure the training and development of staff within the Therapy speciality TeamLiaise with colleagues and work across site/cross specialty if appropriate in order to ensure the provision of a seamless equitable service Deputise for the Therapy Clinical Team Leader as appropriateDevelop the evidence base for practice through audit, clinical effectiveness and research activity Assist and support the Therapy Leadership team within the service in the improvement and transformation of Therapy services To be responsible for the advancement of personal skills and knowledge in a clinical and leadership context and to attend post registration training in order to maintain own and others CPDMaintain up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the best available evidence for practice for the specialty