Highly Specialist Children's Occupational TherapistNHS

Job summary

Barnet Children's Integrated Therapies are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated Occupational Therapist to join our service. The successful candidate will lead the delivery of the Occupational Therapy Service for children and young people in Specialist schools, while managing a varied and rewarding clinical caseload across the community. This Band 7 role is ideal for an experienced clinician skilled in interdisciplinary working who is ready to take on greater leadership responsibility, including providing high-quality clinical supervision, oversight and day to day support to junior OTs.

This post involves working with children and young people 0-19 years across a range of settings, including Special schools, children's homes and clinic environments. You will be responsible for the development of the Occupational Therapy service within the Complex specific pathway which will involve working closely with key stakeholders to drive high quality Occupational Therapy support. A key focus of this role is to provide clinical leadership for children with complex physical disabilities, ensuring best-practice assessment, intervention, and ongoing service development. As a clinical specialist, you will provide expert assessment and management for children requiring specialist seating and upper limb interventions, working closely with tertiary services and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care.

Main duties of the job

We have 1 part time (0.8 WTE) permanent position available for the successful candidate to join our Children's Integrated Therapies (CIT) Team. You will work independently while being part of a friendly, open, supportive and experienced therapy team. Please note a strong Band 6 who is working towards a Band 7 role will be considered as a development opportunity. Alternative working hours and patterns will be considered for this post.

Job description

You will have opportunities for Agile working arrangements including the provision of mobile technology and flexible working hours and arrangements.

Whittington Health have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients

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About us

Working for Whittington Health in Barnet will offer:

• Outer London Pay weighting, worth up to £4,967
• Excellent CPD opportunities;
• Informal networking across the 4 Boroughs where Whittington Health provides services for Children and Young People: Islington, Haringey, Camden and Barnet;
• Commitment to excellence in practice;
• Strong and supportive supervision and direct line management;
• Agile working in the community using mobile technology;
• Flexible working hours and arrangements;
• Shadowing opportunities;
• Service and Trust Induction Packages;
• Specialist advice and second opinions
• Team Meetings
• Appraisals
• Support to develop your own clinical interests
• Team projects co-working with other colleagues.

You will have opportunities for Agile working arrangements including the provision of mobile technology and flexible working hours and arrangements.

Whittington Health have an excellent reputation for being innovative, responsive and flexible to the changing clinical needs of the local population. We are treating more patients than ever before and are dedicated to improving services to deliver the best for our patients