We are excited to announce that we have an opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic band 8a occupational therapist to join the Evelina REACH service as clinical lead on a temporary contract.
This OT led service provides evidence-based rehabilitation for children and young people aged between 3 months and 16 years with, or at risk of, hemiplegia. The service is protocolised to deliver activity based Upper Limb rehabilitation.
The post holder will also co-lead the Stroke ABI recovery service, alongside neuropsychology. This service provides holistic consultation and advice to children and young people who have had a stroke.
This role involves providing specialist out-patient assessment and intervention for children and young people, working in partnership with families and community colleagues.
The post holder will have operational oversight and responsibility for delivery of OT assessments and interventions in this tertiary level service. They will provide clinical leadership to the team and will support the development of the band 7 and band 6 Occupational therapists as well as the Advanced Occupational Therapy assistant in this service.
The post holder is responsible for clinical governance and assurance including, but not limited to, the management of clinical risk and patient safety, compliance with mandatory training, clinical and professional standards. Reporting to the Head for Paediatric Occupational Therapy and ultimately the Head Occupational Therapist for the Trust, this position leads workforce planning, training and development, with oversight of job plans and has responsibility for delivering governance and operational performance.
This post requires applicants to have excellent verbal and written communication skills, as collaborative working with families and community colleagues is essential.
The post holder will need to have substantial experience of working with these populations of children, as you will need to be adaptable to meet the child’s individual rehabilitation needs as well as lead the service. You will need to be flexible and adaptable in order to support the team within a busy tertiary service.
You will be energetic, keen to critically appraise literature in the field of occupational therapy and deliver evidence-based practice as part of a service that encourages reflective practice.
This post sits within the Paediatric occupational therapy service at Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
You will be supervised and operationally managed by the clinical lead in paediatric occupational therapy and professionally managed by the Trust Head OT.
You will be experienced in setting client-centred rehabilitation goals and will offer a family-centred service. This role requires close liaison and working in partnership with community therapy services and/or other appropriate agencies.
You will support children to work towards meaningful goals focusing on functional skills and independence in areas of self-care, school/work and leisure/play, alongside their families and local teams.
You will need to have experience of delivering evidence based Upper Limb rehabilitation approaches.
You will be responsible for supporting the development of knowledge and skills in this area and will contribute to service development alongside the team.
There is the potential to participate in departmental audits or research projects. There is also the opportunity to increase your knowledge and skills through participation in team and hospital wide continuing professional development programmes, supervision of junior staff members and students, appraisal, in-service training and joint working.
