Job summary
We are seeking a dynamic Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to manage and develop our Children's Occupational Therapy Service across acute paediatric and neonatal care. This role spans Neonatal Units at St Mary's Hospital and Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital on the Hammersmith Hospital site, and acute paediatrics, including Children's Critical Care and Major Trauma, at St Mary's Hospital.
You will lead and deliver the occupational therapy service for a complex caseload, in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, contributing your expert assessment, intervention and advice to the diagnostic process and patient pathway.
Leading the Children's Occupational Therapy team, you will be responsible for developing the service, promoting a learning culture, supervising and developing staff, enabling delivery of a service that is informed by best evidence and expert knowledge. You will have opportunities to lead on both discipline specific and inter-professional development projects, demonstrating your leadership and innovation.If you have clinical expertise within children's occupational therapy, want to maintain a clinical caseload, have proven leadership experience, are innovative with enthusiasm for development, and an ability to think creatively, this could be your next opportunity.
Main duties of the job
- Inspire and motivate others to deliver best practice and to continually improve standards in line with the evidence base and national guidelines.
- Provide clinical leadership and influence for planning and service delivery within clinical area of expertise.
- To demonstrate professional skills, standards and experience consistent with a specialist in the field and to ensure/oversee that services provided comply with professional and departmental standards of practice in collaboration with the Clinical service leads /clinical academics and clinical leads.
- To maintain and develop a breadth of knowledge of highly specialist assessment and intervention skills, including knowledge of appropriate specialist aids and equipment relevant to area of practice and to manage a clinical caseload as compatible with management responsibilities.
- Promote and develop a learning environment within area of practice using a collaborative approach.
- Support research awareness and activity within the team, in collaboration with the clinical academics and clinical leads in therapies.
- To promote evidence based practice.
- To maintain and enhance skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practise.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/ Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Health & Care Professions Council registration.
- Evidence of experience /post graduate training and education to Masters level or equivalent and CPD relevant to speciality area.
- Evidence of structured training on appraisal and supervisory skills
- Evidence of continuous and current professional and academic development relevant to clinical field
- Leadership/ Management training
- Evidence of post graduate training in basic research skills e.g. literature reviews, critical appraisal.
Desirable
- Masters or PhD degree in relevant subject
- Membership of relevant professional groups/ relevant Specialist interest group
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience post qualification with evidenced experience at a senior level within relevant speciality
- Experience of supervising qualified therapy staff and students
- Experience of managing staff on performance and other workforce policies
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result
- Significant success in multidisciplinary/multi agency working.
- Evaluation of clinical practice including participation in research/audit/service evaluation and quality improvement projects.
- Demonstrate evidence of learning from experience and having undertaken formal and informal CPD, both general and specific to clinical field/ speciality
- Experience of leading an effective team
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care.
- Experience of supporting a culture of research awareness.
Desirable
- Experience at band 8a level
- Clinical leadership of other disciplines
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Expert clinical reasoning skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of the relevant clinical area.
- Specialist knowledge and application of best evidence based practice in relevant speciality area and application of therapy assessments and intervention
- Ability to articulate vision of the therapy service in the clinical area.
- Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management.
- Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly, and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients and staff.
- To lead, inspire motivate and empower teams using effective clinical leadership qualities in an integrated service
- Ability to mentor, coach and support patients, staff and colleagues.
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.
- Proven negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Skills in presentation and training in both formal and informal environments
- Ability to command the confidence of the multidisciplinary team members
- Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate and work to deadline effectively
- Ability to cope with working in a potentially stressful environment and with patients or carers who may be displaying aggressive and or challenging behaviour
- Ability to prepare service level reports e.g. demand/activity
- Proven excellence in developing/and providing education and teaching to other professionals and students
Desirable
- Advanced computer skills.
- Evidence of presentation at national level
- Poster or presentation published or presented at a peer review setting.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma/ Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Health & Care Professions Council registration.
- Evidence of experience /post graduate training and education to Masters level or equivalent and CPD relevant to speciality area.
- Evidence of structured training on appraisal and supervisory skills
- Evidence of continuous and current professional and academic development relevant to clinical field
- Leadership/ Management training
- Evidence of post graduate training in basic research skills e.g. literature reviews, critical appraisal.
Desirable
- Masters or PhD degree in relevant subject
- Membership of relevant professional groups/ relevant Specialist interest group
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience post qualification with evidenced experience at a senior level within relevant speciality
- Experience of supervising qualified therapy staff and students
- Experience of managing staff on performance and other workforce policies
- Experience of incident investigation and implementation of change of practice as a result
- Significant success in multidisciplinary/multi agency working.
- Evaluation of clinical practice including participation in research/audit/service evaluation and quality improvement projects.
- Demonstrate evidence of learning from experience and having undertaken formal and informal CPD, both general and specific to clinical field/ speciality
- Experience of leading an effective team
- Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care.
- Experience of supporting a culture of research awareness.
Desirable
- Experience at band 8a level
- Clinical leadership of other disciplines
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential
- Expert clinical reasoning skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of the relevant clinical area.
- Specialist knowledge and application of best evidence based practice in relevant speciality area and application of therapy assessments and intervention
- Ability to articulate vision of the therapy service in the clinical area.
- Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management.
- Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly, and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients and staff.
- To lead, inspire motivate and empower teams using effective clinical leadership qualities in an integrated service
- Ability to mentor, coach and support patients, staff and colleagues.
- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.
- Proven negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Skills in presentation and training in both formal and informal environments
- Ability to command the confidence of the multidisciplinary team members
- Ability to organise, prioritise, delegate and work to deadline effectively
- Ability to cope with working in a potentially stressful environment and with patients or carers who may be displaying aggressive and or challenging behaviour
- Ability to prepare service level reports e.g. demand/activity
- Proven excellence in developing/and providing education and teaching to other professionals and students
Desirable
- Advanced computer skills.
- Evidence of presentation at national level
- Poster or presentation published or presented at a peer review setting.
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).
