Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist: Paediatric Neurosciences

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist passionate about working with children and young people. This permanent role involves delivering exceptional therapy services within a dynamic team focused on neurological conditions. You'll manage a complex caseload, provide mentorship, and engage in service development while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Join a supportive environment that values your contributions and fosters your professional growth, making a real difference in the lives of children with acquired brain injuries.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people with neurological conditions.
• Ability to manage complex clinical caseloads effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standard of Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention.
• Collaborate with MDT to support discharge and ongoing rehabilitation.

Skills

Occupational Therapy

Neurological Conditions

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Relevant Postgraduate Training

Job description

Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist: Paediatric Neurosciences

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We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist who is passionate about working with children and young people.

This role is a permanent contract (0.6WTE) 22.5 hours/week working Wednesday - Friday

You will be part of the wider Neurosciences & Oncology in and out-patient team, with a particular focus on children in our Brain Injury Living Life Team (BRILL team). This is a specialist service working with children and young people from across the East Midlands admitted to Nottingham Children’s Hospital following diagnosis of an acquired brain injury. You will also support cross cover throughout our Childrens OT team where needed.

You will join an enthusiastic research led specialist service, working flexibly in conjunction with Band 7 peers and the wider therapy neurosciences team, to provide teaching and training as well as managing your own complex caseload. You will be expected to work collaboratively with the senior leadership team to ensure adherence to national guidelines, best therapy practice, and employ an evidence-based approach to implement service development.

As part of the wider Childrens Occupational Therapy team you will be asked to support a rostered weekend working service to support our more straight forward MSK in-patient discharges. This is approximately 1 on-call morning every 2 months. We will support you to ensure you have the basic competencies to do this confidently.

You Will

• Work closely with the MDT whilst delivering a high standard of Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention with an Inpatient and Outpatient caseload.
• Have experience or transferable skills of working with children and young people with Neurological conditions including oncology.
• Manage a complex clinical caseload.
• Work closely with community colleagues across the region to support with the discharge and ongoing rehabilitation for children and young people neurological conditions.
• Help develop and lead service improvements within the Neurosciences service, and the wider Children’s Occupational Therapy service.
• In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
• Demonstrate commitment to the learning of others and provide training and mentorship to a number of staff through appraisal, clinical supervision and teaching.
• Have excellent communication skills.
• You will be an active member of the weekend working rota
  
  

The Nottingham Children's Hospital (NCH) is based at the Queens Medical Centre campus and Neonatal care is supported on both the QMC and City campus'. We provide In-patient and out-patient care for children up to the age of 19 years old.

With 97 beds, we care for around 40,000 children each year from Nottinghamshire and beyond, treating a full range of conditions, including planned and emergency treatment and surgery, Burns and Plastics, Neurological conditions, Oncology, Paediatric critical care, Renal conditions and transplantation, and Spinal and Orthopaedic care.

The Children’s Therapy team at NCH is a friendly and supportive department who work closely alongside the wider MDT, providing excellent evidence based care and innovative ways of working.

Throughout NUH we have a diverse range of AHP and support staff who work together to deliver the high quality care we aspire to.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hannah Chatterjee Job title: Therapy Services Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07812 269748

Melanie Dean: Highly Specialist OT: Paediatric Neurosciences

07812 276688

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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