# Highly Specialist Acute Paediatric Occupational Therapist **Company**: St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust **Location**: London **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Salary**: £58133.00 to £65261.00 **Category**: Healthcare **Industry**: Healthcare **Apply**: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9200-26-1004?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_e4238995-8ab ## Description We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Acute Paediatric Occupational Therapy team within St George's Hospital, one of London's four major trauma centres. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate paediatric OT to work across a diverse acute caseload, providing specialist assessment and intervention to children and young people across all paediatric wards and the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The post holder will manage a varied and complex caseload, working alongside multidisciplinary teams within specialist areas including neurology, neurosurgery, orthopaedics, long term ventilation and major trauma. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting children and families through acute illness, injury and recovery, promoting participation, independence and safe discharge planning. They will contribute to complex discharge pathways, rehabilitation, functional assessments and specialist occupational therapy interventions within a fast-paced and rewarding environment. We are looking for an OT who is passionate about paediatrics, committed to delivering high-quality, family-centred care, and motivated to develop services and support the ongoing growth of acute paediatric occupational therapy. The successful candidate will have supervision responsibilities and opportunities to develop leadership skills. **Main duties of the job** As part of the Acute Paediatric Occupational Therapy team you will provide highly specialist acute occupational therapy assessment and intervention to children and young people admitted to the acute paediatric wards. Alongside the Clinical Team Lead you will contribute to the ongoing growth and development of the service shaping the care of children and young people admitted to St George's Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking, dynamic team that is committed to innovation, collaboration, and making a lasting difference in the lives of children and families admitted to hospital. **Job responsibilities** - Job purpose As a Band 7 Occupational Therapist working in paediatric inpatients the post holder will be responsible for performing highly specialist assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex medical, physical and psychological conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised management/treatment programme, relevant to specialism. Following assessment, the post holder will be responsible for making therapeutic diagnoses and treating their own caseload of specialised and complex patients/clients and maintaining associated records. The post holder will be responsible for providing a highly specialist standard of care to patients. The post holder will supervise the work of other more junior staff and support workers. The post holder will be required to work across Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Paediatric Step Down Unit, the three general medical wards and occasional outpatient clinics when required. Together with other senior staff, you will act as a resource of specialist advice to the rest of the therapy service and other professions. This post will provide input to long-stay patients, complex neurological conditions and complex discharges. **Person Specification** **Education / Qualifications** - Degree in Occupational Therapy - HCPC Registration - Evidence of CPD relevant to area of acute paediatrics **Experience** - Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area - Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent - Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter agency working - Experience of service development/change management **Skills/Knowledge/Abilities** - Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions - Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter agency working ## Skills ### Required - Occupational Therapy - Paediatric care - Multidisciplinary team working - Service development ### Nice to have - Leadership skills - Experience of working in a similar role --- Source: [Apply at jobs.nhs.uk](https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9200-26-1004?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)