Occupational Therapist Paediatric Locality Lead

Job overview

To act as a Locality leader responsible for the day to day management of the Occupational Therapy department in YCC. Efficiently and effectively balancing patient care and staff management (clinical supervision, time management, sickness, annual leave, study).

To impart knowledge and skills guiding further knowledge acquisition acting as a mentor and delivering OT services to children and young people with special and complex physical difficulties in the community across CTMUHB.

Main duties of the job

Working closely with hospital, community, education and local authority based multi-disciplinary teams in order to maintain continuity of service and to be responsible for the effective treatment and management of children/young people with special needs and complex physical difficulties, in order to maximise potential and self-management.

Act as a specialist clinical resource, disseminating expert information to colleagues, general public and other healthcare professionals.

Be responsible for implementing change and monitoring standards or practice within the OT team and influencing MDT practice.

To take a major role in the advanced assessment and treatment of children and young people who may have complex presentations.  To contribute to diagnosis reporting clinical observations and interpretations, complications associated with their conditions.

Take the lead with triaging paediatric patients, ensuring that patients are seen by the most appropriate healthcare professional.

To develop the service for children and young people across the Paediatric OT service using Advanced Clinical Decision Making and Care Aims, to deliver efficient and effective care addressing those most at high risk/high need.  Address demand and capacity using these tools across the service.

To take a lead role in the education of stakeholders on the role of Occupational Therapy and maximising service provision and planning in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.