Job summary
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to lead a Children's Occupational Therapy team? If so, come and join Bexley Children's Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy service!
The Service Lead for Occupational Therapy will provide strategic, professional and clinical leadership to the Bexley Children's Therapies service and will be responsible for leading on service delivery and clinical supervision of colleagues ensuring safe, responsive and effective specialist OT clinical interventions. You will have well-developed clinical specialisms and a proven track record in planning and delivering services as well as contributing to service- level strategic and operational planning.
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is a vibrant and diverse organisation, with established values:We're Kind, We're Fair, We Listen, We Care. Located within reach of the Kent countryside and central London. The post attracts Outer London pay weighting.
For more information about the position, please call Paula Johnson, Ops Manager for Bexley Therapies/Music Therapy (mob 07771 988477).
Oxleas NHS Trust operates a Probationary Period, further details are available on request.
Main duties of the job
The Service Lead for Occupational Therapy (OT) will work jointly with the Service Lead for Physiotherapy (PT) to provide strategic, professional and clinical leadership to the Bexley Children's OT and Physio service. The post holder will retain an active clinical role, to include a clinical caseload within Bexley Children's OT service (0.5wte).
The post holder will be responsible for leading on service delivery and clinical supervision of colleagues ensuring safe, responsive and effective specialist OT clinical interventions.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for the professional leadership, planning and delivery of Childrens Specialist Childrens OT services across Bexley
To work jointly with the Service Lead for Physiotherapy to provide strategic professional and clinical leadership to the Bexley Childrens OT and PT service
To work jointly with the Service Lead for PT to provide operational management for the Bexley Childrens PT and OT service
To be a key member of the Bexley Childrens OT and PT leadership team and contribute/lead on strategic developments and service improvement initiatives
To provide professional leadership and clinical supervision of Occupational Therapists/Assistants in the service
To maintain and monitor external contract data and provide regular reports to the Head of Bexley Therapies
To deputise for Head of Childrens Therapies, Bexley as appropriate
To deputise for Bexley PT Lead in absence e.g. oversee the day-to-day management of the service
To manage a complex clinical caseload
To lead on the development of best available evidence-based OT practice
To provide OT specific assessment and interventions via groups and individual work
To lead on service and policy development
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible for the professional leadership, planning and delivery of Childrens Specialist Childrens OT services across Bexley
To work jointly with the Service Lead for Physiotherapy to provide strategic professional and clinical leadership to the Bexley Childrens OT and PT service
To work jointly with the Service Lead for PT to provide operational management for the Bexley Childrens PT and OT service
To be a key member of the Bexley Childrens OT and PT leadership team and contribute/lead on strategic developments and service improvement initiatives
To provide professional leadership and clinical supervision of Occupational Therapists/Assistants in the service
To maintain and monitor external contract data and provide regular reports to the Head of Bexley Therapies
To deputise for Head of Childrens Therapies, Bexley as appropriate
To deputise for Bexley PT Lead in absence e.g. oversee the day-to-day management of the service
To manage a complex clinical caseload
To lead on the development of best available evidence-based OT practice
To provide OT specific assessment and interventions via groups and individual work
To lead on service and policy development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in OT
- UK HCPC Registration
- Membership of Professional body
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Supervisory experience of colleagues and students
- Leadership and management experience
- Service development / review experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information
- Ability to work autonomously and under pressure, set own priorities and manage time effectively
- Effective written verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in OT paediatrics
- Well-developed people skills, respectful and empathic towards others
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in OT
- UK HCPC Registration
- Membership of Professional body
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Supervisory experience of colleagues and students
- Leadership and management experience
- Service development / review experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information
- Ability to work autonomously and under pressure, set own priorities and manage time effectively
- Effective written verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Specialist knowledge and application of current best practice in OT paediatrics
- Well-developed people skills, respectful and empathic towards others
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.
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.
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).
