Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist- Neonatal Care

Job overview

Are you passionate and ready to make a real impact to the lives of newborns?! An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and driven Occupational Therapist to work within Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Neonatal Unit. We are looking for an experienced, compassionate and dedicated Occupational Therapist to be part of the Multi disciplinary team, to provide specialist care to support the development of premature and medically fragile infants, while empowering families to confidently care for their baby.

You will work closely with parents and families using the FiCare model, alongside a diverse team including Neonatal Consultants, Nurses, and other AHP's to ensure the best outcomes for our neonatal patient's and their families.

This role offers you the opportunity to take on an exciting leadership position, combining both operational and clinical responsibilities. You will play a critical role in service development and audit processes.

This is a rare opportunity to get involved in the most early intervention possible and really make a difference to infant's and their family’s lives! So if you are experienced in Paediatric or Neonatal care, and passionate about making a lasting impact, then we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Occupational therapists promote infant neurodevelopment on the neonatal unit by enabling parents and caregivers to provide individualised developmentally supportive care. Adapting the environment ensures we promote the best sensory experience for brain development.

Occupational Therapists support the parent-infant relationship by helping parents understand their infants’ behavioural cues and signs of stress. We work with parents/carers to help infants regulate their neuro-behavioural body systems. This enables them to take part in caregiving activities in a supportive and meaningful way.

Occupational therapists use specialist assessment and early interventions focused on sensory, motor, attention, regulation and play development to ensure infants reach their developmental potential. This supports their participation in co-occupations such as sleeping, eating and early interaction which are crucial for the health and development of infants and parents/carers

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We will offer you a supportive work environment where you can develop your specialist skills and knowledge. You will be a key provider in the delivery of high-quality health care. There are opportunities for personal and professional development.

Duties to include, but not be limited to:

• To directly support the delivery of Occupational Therapy to patients
• To communicate and collaborate with all Core Therapies and children's service stakeholders
• To support service development and planning. * Manage own caseload and prioritisation based on clinical need
• Record assessment, differential diagnosis, clinical reasoning and analysis clearly in patients' notes
• Record reasoned treatment and management plans in patient notes
• Demonstrate advanced level of assessment and treatment skills to meet patients clinical need
• To provide leadership and management support

This post offers great development opportunities!

If you would like to find out more or come and see what we do, please contact us to arrange a time convenient for you. Sarah Tandy or Pam Price Occupational Therapists Paediatrics 01772 524114

*PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE INTERVIEW DATE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*