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Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Paediatrics
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London
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GBP 61,000 - 69,000
Full time
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Job summary
The NHS seeks a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist for the Paediatrics Team, based in London. The role entails managing clinical operations, leading a team of therapists, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality care. Candidates must hold an Occupational Therapy degree and be HCPC registered.
Qualifications
- Experience in Paediatrics at Band 7 and above.
- Expertise in managing complex cases and clinical leadership.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
- Manage and lead the Paediatrics Occupational Therapy team.
- Ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care and service.
- Develop training programs and clinical protocols.
Skills
Education
Job description
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Job Summary
Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist in Paediatrics Team managing 3 staff members between Band 4 and Band 7 levels.
Job Summary
Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist in Paediatrics Team managing 3 staff members between Band 4 and Band 7 levels.
Provides clinical leadership to the Paediatrics Occupational therapy service.
Lead the service providing day to day leadership and operational management to the team and delegating to junior staff as appropriate.
Contributes to the overall Occupational therapy strategy for OT at Denmark Hill site.
Main duties of the job
The role of the clinical lead occupational therapist is to ensure their service area provides a quality service which is evidence-based, effective and efficient. The role also requires a focus on staff management, engaging staff in an attitude of excellence and instilling confidence, focusing on providing thorough inductions and training to enable staff to provide the best service and strive for continual improvement.
The clinical lead provides leadership by demonstrating highly specialist knowledge (theory and practice) within the area of Paediatrics, managing and supporting others to manage a complex clinical caseload. Team management is a core component of this role with the clinical lead taking responsibility for the provision of their service. Excellent interpersonal skills are required to work across services and disciplines to provide a coordinated and integrated service. As an expert the clinical lead will make an active contribution to training both within and external to the organisation. The clinical lead will be actively nationally through specialist interest groups, conferences and study days and also be actively engaged in research opportunities.
The post requires a flexible approach to working and a commitment to weekend working as required.
About Us
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.
Our values at King's, are that we're a kind, respectful team.
The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (EDI) at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level
King's is dedicated to embracing the broad diversity of our staff, patients and communities and stand firmly against all forms of prejudice and discrimination.
Details
Date posted
21 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£61,927 to £68,676 a year per annum, including high cost allowance
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
213-DH-7057135-B
Job locations
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 9RS
Job Description
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL
- To organise and manage the specialist provision of acute services and rehabilitation to patients admitted within paediatrics.
- To work at an advanced clinical level within paediatrics, particularly in the assessment, diagnosis and management of complex patients.
- To use analytical and judgement skills to diagnose occupational difficulties (physical, cognitive, perceptual and emotive impact on functional performance), understand complex situations and formulate appropriate solutions.
- To develop programmes of care to meet the highly specialist and complex needs of patients that includes meeting the needs of patients and their extended support system. This practice should be evidence based and be in accordance with current research.
- To manage a clinical caseload to a high standard, including assessment, interventions and discharge planning. To carry out this care in accordance with research findings and evidence based practice.
- To plan and co-ordinate complex multi-disciplinary activities e.g. case conferences; discharge planning and other keyworker activities.
- To work within local policies and procedures, national standards and guidelines and adhere to the Royal College of Occupational Therapy professional standards and ethics.
- To fulfil requirement to exert moderate physical effort to provide manual physical therapy within occupational therapy practice. To be able to manoeuvre patients and specialist equipment safely and effectively.
- To supervise, train and provide day-to-day management to occupational therapists and assistants working within paediatrics services.
- To provide advice/support to occupational therapy colleagues on clinical practice issues and service development initiatives.
- To propose and action changes, develop, organise and manage paediatrics occupational therapy services.
- To consult with occupational therapists within the trust and external to the trust regarding occupational therapy, in paediatrics.
- To work across disciplines and services to develop protocols and procedures.
- To liaise with the service manager and paediatrics service consultants to agree protocols/care pathways for the assessment and management of patients.
- To work with the head/ deputy head of occupational therapy and service managers, therapy leads and consultants to develop a service for patients with complex presentations.
- To liaise with consultants and managers regarding service developments and changes in practice.
- To establish robust communication networks with patients, carers, multidisciplinary members and other agencies.
- To ensure a quality service for patients by maintaining a high standard in relation to communication with patients, liaison with referrers and other team members, and documentation of intervention.
- To promote awareness of the role of occupational therapy within the team, negotiating priorities where appropriate.
- To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained across the paediatrics occupational therapy service in accordance with professional and trust standards and provide reports relevant to practice setting.
- To write good quality occupational therapy functional and discharge reports for social services, onward inpatient services and community services
- To represent occupational therapy at ward, departmental and service level meetings, including delegation for the clinical lead occupational therapist.
- To provide and receive complex, diagnosis related information (including providing information regarding rehabilitation prospects that may be unwelcome) to patients and their social environment that may involve empathetic, re-assurance, persuasion and negotiation skills. Barriers to understanding may be present.
- To keep comprehensive records of activity in accordance with local and national requirements.
- Ensure ongoing evaluation of the service provided against agreed outcomes.
- To provide occupational therapy input to service planning, developments and operational management, as required.
- To provide input into clinical governance, risk management and quality programmes.
- To ensure management across paediatrics of student placement offers and individually supervise and complete yearly appraisal with staff and/or students.
- To be aware of the importance of staff wellbeing, accessing trust support as required and raising any concerns
- To evaluate the service requirements for occupational therapy input in order to maximise the potential for rehabilitation.
- Attend and contribute to relevant paediatrics services and occupational therapy department meetings.
- To be actively engaged in relevant professional networks.
- To develop and implement relevant policies for own area and propose changes that applies to rest of department to occupational therapy in liaison with other clinical leads and head/ deputy head of occupational therapy.
- To be aware of, interpret for specialist area and implement codes of practice, local and national guidelines.
- To be responsible for the safe use of equipment and be responsible for encouraging the team reporting of defective equipment.
- Responsible for maintaining stock control systems.
- Authorised signatory for small petty cash payments, social services small equipment (up to value of £300) and locum timesheets.
- To be actively involved in recruitment of new staff.
- To abide by clinical governance agenda and responsible for appropriate risk management.
- Prepare and participate in lectures, seminars, specialist training programmes and demonstrations to occupational therapists and members of other disciplines both within and external to the trust.
- To provide practical training and clinical supervision within discipline to students on clinical placement and staff within the service.
- To participate in the occupational therapy preceptorship provision within the trust and encourage participation by the team.
- To take responsibility for keeping own specialist knowledge up to date and maintaining evidence based clinical expertise, acting as a resource in this clinical area
- To participate in and develop as appropriate occupational therapy or multidisciplinary research, and actively participate in any evaluation or research projects within the unit as appropriate and as agreed.
- To undertake clinical audit and service evaluation both within the trust and on a national level, taking the lead role where appropriate.
- Lead, coach and manage the performance of the team in line with good people management practices. Ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
- Participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure each member of the team has a clear set of objectives and development plans.
- Ensure the team compliance with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements, ensuring they are up to date and fully compliant.
- Manage team absences including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at keep to the highest possible level.
- Identify and fill any vacancies that arise within the team in line with the Trusts recruitment policy and process.
- Identify talent and support the internal talent management process in order attract and retain and succession plan for your people.
- Review skills mix at regular intervals in order to identify any potential opportunities to maximise resource utilisation / allocation, ensuring job descriptions are kept up to date.
- Ensure overall wellbeing of the team is maintained. Continuously support in improving the morale of the team and implementing a culture of zero-tolerance for bullying and harassment.
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL
- To organise and manage the specialist provision of acute services and rehabilitation to patients admitted within paediatrics.
- To work at an advanced clinical level within paediatrics, particularly in the assessment, diagnosis and management of complex patients.
- To use analytical and judgement skills to diagnose occupational difficulties (physical, cognitive, perceptual and emotive impact on functional performance), understand complex situations and formulate appropriate solutions.
- To develop programmes of care to meet the highly specialist and complex needs of patients that includes meeting the needs of patients and their extended support system. This practice should be evidence based and be in accordance with current research.
- To manage a clinical caseload to a high standard, including assessment, interventions and discharge planning. To carry out this care in accordance with research findings and evidence based practice.
- To plan and co-ordinate complex multi-disciplinary activities e.g. case conferences; discharge planning and other keyworker activities.
- To work within local policies and procedures, national standards and guidelines and adhere to the Royal College of Occupational Therapy professional standards and ethics.
- To fulfil requirement to exert moderate physical effort to provide manual physical therapy within occupational therapy practice. To be able to manoeuvre patients and specialist equipment safely and effectively.
- To supervise, train and provide day-to-day management to occupational therapists and assistants working within paediatrics services.
- To provide advice/support to occupational therapy colleagues on clinical practice issues and service development initiatives.
- To propose and action changes, develop, organise and manage paediatrics occupational therapy services.
- To consult with occupational therapists within the trust and external to the trust regarding occupational therapy, in paediatrics.
- To work across disciplines and services to develop protocols and procedures.
- To liaise with the service manager and paediatrics service consultants to agree protocols/care pathways for the assessment and management of patients.
- To work with the head/ deputy head of occupational therapy and service managers, therapy leads and consultants to develop a service for patients with complex presentations.
- To liaise with consultants and managers regarding service developments and changes in practice.
- To establish robust communication networks with patients, carers, multidisciplinary members and other agencies.
- To ensure a quality service for patients by maintaining a high standard in relation to communication with patients, liaison with referrers and other team members, and documentation of intervention.
- To promote awareness of the role of occupational therapy within the team, negotiating priorities where appropriate.
- To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained across the paediatrics occupational therapy service in accordance with professional and trust standards and provide reports relevant to practice setting.
- To write good quality occupational therapy functional and discharge reports for social services, onward inpatient services and community services
- To represent occupational therapy at ward, departmental and service level meetings, including delegation for the clinical lead occupational therapist.
- To provide and receive complex, diagnosis related information (including providing information regarding rehabilitation prospects that may be unwelcome) to patients and their social environment that may involve empathetic, re-assurance, persuasion and negotiation skills. Barriers to understanding may be present.
- To keep comprehensive records of activity in accordance with local and national requirements.
- Ensure ongoing evaluation of the service provided against agreed outcomes.
- To provide occupational therapy input to service planning, developments and operational management, as required.
- To provide input into clinical governance, risk management and quality programmes.
- To ensure management across paediatrics of student placement offers and individually supervise and complete yearly appraisal with staff and/or students.
- To be aware of the importance of staff wellbeing, accessing trust support as required and raising any concerns
- To evaluate the service requirements for occupational therapy input in order to maximise the potential for rehabilitation.
- Attend and contribute to relevant paediatrics services and occupational therapy department meetings.
- To be actively engaged in relevant professional networks.
- To develop and implement relevant policies for own area and propose changes that applies to rest of department to occupational therapy in liaison with other clinical leads and head/ deputy head of occupational therapy.
- To be aware of, interpret for specialist area and implement codes of practice, local and national guidelines.
- To be responsible for the safe use of equipment and be responsible for encouraging the team reporting of defective equipment.
- Responsible for maintaining stock control systems.
- Authorised signatory for small petty cash payments, social services small equipment (up to value of £300) and locum timesheets.
- To be actively involved in recruitment of new staff.
- To abide by clinical governance agenda and responsible for appropriate risk management.
- Prepare and participate in lectures, seminars, specialist training programmes and demonstrations to occupational therapists and members of other disciplines both within and external to the trust.
- To provide practical training and clinical supervision within discipline to students on clinical placement and staff within the service.
- To participate in the occupational therapy preceptorship provision within the trust and encourage participation by the team.
- To take responsibility for keeping own specialist knowledge up to date and maintaining evidence based clinical expertise, acting as a resource in this clinical area
- To participate in and develop as appropriate occupational therapy or multidisciplinary research, and actively participate in any evaluation or research projects within the unit as appropriate and as agreed.
- To undertake clinical audit and service evaluation both within the trust and on a national level, taking the lead role where appropriate.
- Lead, coach and manage the performance of the team in line with good people management practices. Ensuring excellence is recognised and underperformance is addressed.
- Participate in regular performance appraisal meetings and ensure each member of the team has a clear set of objectives and development plans.
- Ensure the team compliance with all statutory, mandatory training together with any professional training requirements, ensuring they are up to date and fully compliant.
- Manage team absences including sickness in line with Trust policy ensuring the appropriate return to work meetings occur, e-roster is updated and productivity is at keep to the highest possible level.
- Identify and fill any vacancies that arise within the team in line with the Trusts recruitment policy and process.
- Identify talent and support the internal talent management process in order attract and retain and succession plan for your people.
- Review skills mix at regular intervals in order to identify any potential opportunities to maximise resource utilisation / allocation, ensuring job descriptions are kept up to date.
- Ensure overall wellbeing of the team is maintained. Continuously support in improving the morale of the team and implementing a culture of zero-tolerance for bullying and harassment.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience in Paediatrics at Band 7 and above
- Experience and knowledge of leading and managing a team
- Experience and skills of developing staff and leading with CPD
- Experience and knowledge of service development
- Communication skills at highest level
Education and Qualifications
- Occupational Therapy Degree or Equivalent (Dip OT/ BSc OT)
- HCPC Registration
- Masters degree
- Member of Professional Body (RCOT)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Occupational Therapy Degree or Equivalent (Dip OT/ BSc OT)
- HCPC Registration
- Masters degree
- Member of Professional Body (RCOT)
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 9RS
Employer's website
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Denmark Hill
London
SE5 9RS
Employer's website
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
- Seniority levelMid-Senior level
- Employment typeContract
- Job functionHealth Care Provider
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