Occupational Therapy Assistant

Job overview

OTA Job overview

Do you want to develop your specialist paediatric knowledge and progress your career by working in a close-knit team in a highly diverse community?

Do you want to want to be part of a multidisciplinary team and support our OTs in the running of our clinics and interventions?

As an Occupational Therapy Assistant in our team of highly skilled Occupational Therapists in Newham, you can make a real difference to the children and families in our community.

We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative and dedicated Occupational Therapist Assistant with knowledge and experience in the field paediatrics, to be part of our team supporting children and young people from 0-18 years.

Main duties of the job

Band 4 – Occupational Therapy Assistant - Full Time

[Note: this post is not for qualified occupational therapists]

Our team works with children with a range of conditions that impact on their ability to participate in activities of daily living.

We are based in West Ham Lane Health Centre and work in a variety of settings such as clinics, homes, nurseries, Children’s Centres and education settings.

Within the Specialist Children and Young Peoples’ Service (SCYPS), the OTs form an integral part of a multidisciplinary therapies team who work closely with Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Dietitians, Paediatricians and Specialist Nurses. Together our mission is to make positive differences to peoples’ lives by delivering high quality services for the children and families of Newham.

We are a warm, welcoming and supportive team of OTs and OTAs bringing life experiences from across the world. We re-group monthly for whole team meetings and enjoy four off-site team away days per year where we aim to recap, review, unwind and team-bond. You will have your own monthly supervision with an experienced Band 5 OT, you will be supported to work towards annual appraisal targets and update your CPD portfolio with opportunities to be involved in Service Improvement, Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The role includes:            Supporting the Occupational Therapists during assessments and interventions   Running groups in different settings around the borough of Newham Supporting the Occupational Therapists with any administrative tasks   Supporting the team when running training sessions either in person or on virtual platforms  Supporting the team in updating resources for our website Supporting the team in the processes of ordering equipment      We Care. We Respect. We are Inclusive. And we are looking for a talented OT Assistant who embodies these qualities when supporting our service users and their families, as well as in their relationships with colleagues and partner organisations.   We invite you to look into our Children OT website for further information about our service (Link: https://www.elft.nhs.uk/scyps/our-services/occupational-therapy ).  Please refer to the Job Description for further details about this post.
• Supporting the Occupational Therapists during assessments and interventions
• Running groups in different settings around the borough of Newham
• Supporting the Occupational Therapists with any administrative tasks
• Supporting the team when running training sessions either in person or on virtual platforms
• Supporting the team in updating resources for our website
• Supporting the team in the processes of ordering equipment