Specialist Paediatric OT - Preschool

Job overview

The Hounslow Occupational Therapy Team are seeking a dynamic and experienced therapist to join as a Preschool and Sensory Feeding Service Team Lead.

Hounslow Children’s Occupational Therapy Service is a well-integrated team. We are committed to supporting staff in developing their skills and expertise.

We are able to offer:

- Peer support

- A comprehensive supervision and appraisal structure

- Both internal & external CPD opportunities

This role provides an opportunity to combine clinical leadership and service development alongside working with a clinical caseload.

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who has some experience of managing and supporting staff and a keen interest in service development.

A key part of the role will be to shape and deliver responsive, high-quality support to babies, children and young people with a range of Occupational Therapy related needs, difficulties and differences that impact on participation in activities of daily living.

Main duties of the job

• Delivery and co-ordination of services for children who have complex Occupational Therapy related needs, as relevant to the Preschool and Feeding services.
• Identify and carry out service development projects to enhance quality of service delivery
• Identify the need, plan and deliver specialist training to the Occupational Therapy Team and other educational and health professionals.
• Joint working with relevant professionals in the field of health, education, the voluntary sector and social services.
• Deliver highly specialist clinical skills including evidence-based assessment and intervention for a diverse and highly complex caseload.
• To provide highly specialist advice to parents/carers and other professionals.
• To provide highly specialist reports, therapy programmes and other types of complex written information.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.