Pediatric Neurorehab Occupational Therapist

The Children's Trust; Manor Park; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London weighting

Shuttle bus service

On-site nursery

Free eye tests

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay

Long service annual leave 35–41 days

Job summary

The Children's Trust is seeking a Specialist Occupational Therapist to deliver high quality, evidence-based OT services for children and young people within neurorehabilitation. You will work in a multidisciplinary team, develop goal-led interventions and monitor progress using standardised measures to support participation in home, school and community life.

Engagement with families, education services and external agencies is essential, along with flexible hours including occasional early

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, evidence based occupational therapy provision for children and young people, in partnership with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and education services.
• Undertake specialist occupational therapy assessments of children with a range of needs including highly complex needs.
• Develop therapy goals, in collaboration and with the child and family/carers, as well as the MDT, to maximise recovery and facilitate the participation of the child in their daily life.
• Devise and carry out therapeutic interventions that are developmentally appropriate, goal directed, and occupation centred both in terms of means and outcome.
• Use observational and standardised outcome measures to monitor and evaluate each child's progress and adjust intervention/programmes, as necessary.
• Contribute to the assessment of the child/young person's upper limb and support provision of interventions to maintain or improve upper limb range and function where possible.
• Assess and advise on specialist equipment and liaise with social services and relevant others on its provision.
• Assess, evaluate, and recommend discharge/transition plans for children/young people within the multidisciplinary team framework.
• Contribute to child related reports, including looked after children and annual review reports as required, and assist with the collation of these as required, in a timely manner and in line with organisational targets.
• Contribute to child related meetings, meetings with parents, MDT meetings, and liaison with external agencies where appropriate.
• Keep appropriate and accurate intervention records, fulfilling legal, professional and all other requirements of The Children's Trust.
• Work flexibly in terms of hours, including the ability to work an early evening (weekly) and one weekend day, per calendar month.
• To undertake other or additional duties that are within your skills and abilities, as the organisation may reasonably require from time to time.

Job description

The Children's Trust is seeking a Specialist Occupational Therapist to deliver high quality, evidence-based OT services for children and young people within neurorehabilitation. You will work in a multidisciplinary team, develop goal-led interventions and monitor progress using standardised measures to support participation in home, school and community life.

Engagement with families, education services and external agencies is essential, along with flexible hours including occasional early