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Team Lead Occupational Therapist – Paediatrics
The closing date is 07 September 2025
We are recruiting a 12-month Fixed Term contract Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist to join our Inpatient Paediatric Therapy Team. The post holder will have joint responsibility for the therapy team with the Team Lead Physiotherapist and will carry a clinical caseload. The team provide advanced assessment and treatment of patients aged 0 - 24 within General Paediatrics, Paediatric Oncology, Radiotherapy, Proton Beam Therapy and the Teenage Cancer Trust unit.We are seeking an Occupational Therapist with relevant clinical experience, looking to develop in a supportive environment. The role is ideal for an experienced Band 6 or a Band 7 looking for a new challenge. The successful candidate will be welcomed into the UCLH Paediatric & Teenage Cancer Therapy Service and the wider Cancer Therapies Team. You will have the chance to develop expertise in paediatric and teenage cancer care alongside nurturing your highly specialist occupational therapy skills as well as the opportunity to build clinical leadership skills.The post holder will be joining an innovative and award winning Paediatric and Teenage therapy team. The Trust is the largest paediatric and young adult centre for radiotherapy in the UK with a close partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital. Our Teenage Cancer Trust Unit is the UK's first and largest unit.
Main duties of the job
o To provide high quality occupational therapy assessments and treatments independently managing a caseload of patients and ensuring an excellent standard of clinical care.o To provide expert advice, guidance, and information to patients, carers, schools and other health care professionals. o To work with patients and families to agree the best course of occupational therapy management and to develop patient centred discharge plans in conjunction with the MDT. o To facilitate effective and timely management of patients at various stages of the cancer trajectory.o To understand and apply national guidelines and legislation relating to health and social care, occupational therapy practice and the care of paediatric patients.o To work with the MDT to incorporate and contribute to the evidence base for this clinical specialty.o To be jointly responsible for co-ordination, delivery, evaluation, and development of the Inpatient Paediatric Therapy Team at UCLH, with the Team Lead Physiotherapist. o To ensure effective induction, supervision/appraisal and training of qualified and non-qualified (support staff and students) within the Inpatient Paediatric Therapy Team.o To maintain high professional standards, continuously promoting and developing the occupational therapy profession.o To be responsible for your own professional development.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.
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Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
* Degree or Diploma in occupational therapy
* State registered Occupational Therapist (HCPC)
* Evidence of relevant post-graduate courses and CPD
* Good written and spoken English
* Masters level qualification in occupational therapy practice or relevant topic
Experience
* Significant experience as an Occupational Therapist at Band 6 level or above.
* Post-graduate experience working as a paediatric Occupational Therapist at band 6 level or above.
* Post-graduate experience in a wide range of paediatric specialities including orthopaedics, neurology, and developmental.
* Highly specialist knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to the management of complex occupational therapy needs.
* Evidence of working independently and to take full responsibility for clinical care of patients
* Experience of audit or service evaluation or development
* Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance, framework, and targets
* Previous experience of formal presentations to MDT groups.
* Post-graduate experience in paediatric and/or adult oncology/haematology.
* Post-graduate experience working with radiotherapy patients
* Experience of working across acute and community services.
* Experience leading a team.
* Experience of research
* Clinical experience working with children and young adults with life-limiting conditions
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
* A creative, problem solving and flexible approach to work
* Caring attitude towards patients and their families/carers
* Competent in use of IT programmes: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, e-mail and databases
* Commitment to Continuing Professional Development and the requirements of Clinical Governance
Communication
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Ability to communicate effectively with patient and families, MDT members and other internal and external agencies in person, over the phone and in writing
* Experience of close working relationships with education institutions
Personal and People Development
* Experience of supervising Occupational Therapy staff, support staff and students. Experience of appraisal
* Clinical leadership ability
* Experience of team building and team working skills
* Experience of teaching clinical skills to student Occupational Therapists and undergraduates
* Excellent time management and organisational skills
* Ability to recognise work related stress and pressures in yourself and others
Specific Requirements
* Able to join a seven day service if required
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.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£56,276 to £63,176 a yearPer annum inclusive of HCAS
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