Occupational Therapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist to join the Paediatric Acute and Respiratory service within West London Children’s Healthcare (WLCH).

This specialist Band 7 role offers the opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team delivering advanced occupational therapy care to infants, children and young people whilst in hospital.

WLCH brings together paediatric services across Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, providing outstanding opportunities for cross-site collaboration, service development, education and research.

We are looking for an enthusiastic clinician with significant paediatric respiratory experience, excellent clinical reasoning skills and a passion for delivering high-quality family-centred care.

In return, WLCH offers:

• Outstanding learning and development opportunities
• Access to specialist clinical supervision and leadership development
• Opportunities to participate in research and innovation through Imperial College London and the Centre for Paediatrics and Child Health (PaeCH)
• A supportive multidisciplinary working environment
• Opportunities to work across diverse specialist paediatric services
• Access to NHS pension and staff benefits schemes

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and passionate Occupational Therapist  to join our AHP team in acute paediatrics. This role will be responsible for establishing the paediatric acute OT service at the Trust and will include service evaluation and audit to measure impact.

You will work closely with the acute paediatric physiotherapy team and Clinical Specialist Respiratory Physiotherapist and work collaboratively with families and the wider MDT.  The post holder will provide assessment and management for BCYP with neuro-developmental needs, neurological needs, sensory needs and complex discharges to maximise function and reduce impact of illness and hospital admission. There may be a requirement to work with the neonatal occupational therapy team in this role. You will be joining a dynamic, embedded team with opportunities for joint working, education and training.

This role will predominately be based at the Chelsea site with some input at the West Middlesex Hospital site dependent on clinical needs. There may be a requirement to work on other sites within WLCH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post holder will work as a Band 7 Occupational Therapist within  Paediatrics across West London Children’s Healthcare (WLCH). The role involves providing highly specialist occupational therapy assessment, treatment and management for infants, children and young people whilst in hospital.

The post holder will also provide leadership and supervision to junior staff, assistants and students, contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives, and support education, audit and research activities within the specialty.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a progressive and research-active paediatric service within a unique integrated children’s healthcare organisation committed to improving outcomes for children and young people across North West London.

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