Children's Occupational Therapist- Haringey

Whittington Health NHS Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a dedicated Occupational Therapist to join their multidisciplinary team. This role focuses on delivering high-quality clinical services to children and young people with additional needs, including physical disabilities and developmental delays. The successful candidate will engage in evidence-based practice, collaborate with families, and implement therapy plans. Opportunities for hybrid working and professional development are available. We welcome applications from those motivated to impact young lives positively.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Flexible working hours

Regular supervision and support

Qualifications

• Flexibility and creativity in delivery of clinical care.
• Experience with children and young people with additional needs.
• Ability to assess and implement therapy programmes.

Responsibilities

• Engage in evidence-based practice with children and young people.
• Assess, set goals, and implement therapy plans.
• Collaborate with parents and educators to support youth engagement.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Leadership

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Goal-oriented approach

Job description

Overview

We are excited to be seeking a dedicated and passionate Occupational Therapist to join our innovative multidisciplinary team committed to delivering a high-quality clinical service to children and young people aged 0 to 19 within Whittington Health Trust.

Whittington Health encompasses community services in Haringey, Islington, and Barnet, as well as Camden speech and language therapy and the Whittington Hospital. This post is within the Haringey team and is predominantly based in Tynemouth Road Medical Centre and the local community. There is the opportunity to work hybrid between sites and from home.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the ongoing development and transformation of the service to meet demands. This position requires a flexible and creative practitioner capable of exercising leadership whilst delivering clinical care of the highest standard.

The successful applicant will receive a thorough induction programme and regular clinical and safeguarding supervision. We encourage continuous professional development and offer opportunities to engage in external training to support ongoing professional development.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a service committed to excellence in clinical care and innovation. If you are motivated to make a positive impact on the lives of children and young people with additional needs, we welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have the opportunity to engage in evidence based practice with babies, children and young people with a wide range of additional needs including physical disabilities, developmental delays, ASC, syndromes and other neurological conditions who live in Haringey or attend nurseries, mainstream and special schools in Haringey. The children are seen in clinics, at home, nurseries, school and in clinic.

The post holder will support with our 3 -tiered offer including universal offer and virtual training sessions for parents and educators. This design enables us to support the occupational performance in our young people's lives through a goal-oriented, top-down approach when they need it most. They will also carry a caseload of babies, children and young people and work with the MDT to support the child engage in their meaningful occupation in the areas of leisure (play), productivity (school) and self-care (washing/ dressing).

The post holder will work in collaboration with the school, special school and directly with children and families, assessing, goal setting, devising and implementing therapy programmes/plans and prescribing equipment and evaluating outcomes.

The post holder will contribute to the Statutory Assessment of SEN as required within time limits set out by the code of practice 2014. The post holder will receive support and supervision from the clinical leads in the Occupational Therapy service.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.