Highly Specialised Paediatric Occupational Therapist
We have an exciting opportunity for a successful candidate to join Children's Therapies at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is a 9 month fixed term contract in the neonatal, paediatric intensive care and general paediatric wards at Royal London Hospital. The exact split can be flexible depending on the most suitable candidate.
You will be integrated within the paediatric and neonatal occupational therapy team, alongside the wider AHP network.Our well established and friendly teams offer care that is contemporary, personalized, occupational performance driven, and outcome focused.
The post holder will provide high quality assessment and intervention for neonatal and paediatric populations as part of the Occupational Therapy service and the wider Allied Health Professional (AHP) teams.
In this role, the Occupational Therapist will be expected to supervise practice, audit clinical care, teach and support professional colleagues, and provide skilled professional leadership. They will be proactive in influencing practice and sharing knowledge.
The post offers opportunities for service development, research, education, and teaching. We are committed to CPD and will work with you to further develop your skills and experience. The department provides excellent in service training and supervision, and you will get the opportunity to support our Band 6 staff as well as students.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide high quality assessment, treatment and advice to identified patients on the Neonatal (NNU), the Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU) and the general paediatric wards at The Royal London Hospital. This is a fixed-term contract.
The post holder will join an integrated team on the NNU working alongside highly specialist neonatal Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), nursing and medical teams. They will also provide expert assessment and intervention to babies, children and adolescents on the PICU and general paediatric wards. They will be expected to supervise practice, audit their clinical care, teach and support professional colleagues and provide skilled professional leadership. They will work closely with parents/carers, AHP's, nursing and medical staff, and the community teams.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree/Equivalent in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC registration
Experience
* Post graduate experience in the field of paediatrics
* Clinical experience within the NHS
* Presentation / teaching skills to the MDT
* Experience of supervising junior staff
* Previous experience working in an MDT
* Previous experience in neonatal and acute paediatric wards
* Experience in service evaluation and service development
* Experience working with children with long-term ventilation needs
Knowledge
* Evidence of continuing professional development and attendance at relevant courses
* Knowledge and understanding of current NHS priorities, pressures and strategic developments
* Evidence based practice in the occupational therapy role in neonatal services and early intervention
* RCOT Member
* Member of relevant specialist sections
* Evidence of relevant Postgraduate education
* Knowledge of relevant standardized assessments for the population
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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