Job overview
To provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment, management and evaluation for children and young people with complex needs. To provide input to in-patients under the neuro rehabilitation service, neurology and acute teams across the hospital wards and to work as a key member of the multi-professional team. You will work closely with the Neuro Rehabilitation team, providing cross cover to our acute, spinal and orthopaedic teams as required. You will help to lead on complex discharges and be supported to keywork some of the complex rehabilitation patients. The post may involve working across different OUH sites to meet service needs.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide a comprehensive inpatient Occupational Therapy service consisting of assessment, evidence-based intervention and discharge planning for children admitted to the Children’s hospital for both elective and acute admissions.
2. To work as a Keyworker for patients under the neurorehabilitation service, managing their in-patient rehabilitation, planning and coordinating complex discharge.
3. To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
4. To assist in the coordination of the clinical caseload of the OT paediatric service to facilitate timely discharges.
5. To supervise junior staff, unqualified staff and students, where appropriate.
6. To provide appropriate and timely Occupational Therapy reports and other patient related correspondence, including clinically related administrative duties according to the quality standards of the service.
7. To provide specialist advice to other members of the multi-disciplinary team and to provide clinical education and training to others.
8. To work with the Children’s Therapies Manager and Band OTs in developing the Paediatric Occupational Therapy service.
9. To be responsible for the maintenance and development of own continuous professional development (CPD).
10. To be aware of, and operate within specific legal and national frameworks in relation to the care of children; The Children’s Act, Safeguarding Children, etc.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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