Senior Occupational Therapist Acute Paediatrics

Job summary

There is an exciting opportunity for a part-time Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy Team, at the Derbyshire Children's Hospital based at the Royal Derby Hospital.

You will require experience and skills as an Occupational Therapist across a range of specialisms, covering both inpatient and outpatient services. Experience of working within a paediatric setting is not an essential criteria, however you should have a strong interest in working with children of all ages. We are looking for someone who is hardworking and enthusiastic to work within this challenging and varied area.

You will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of Occupational Therapy within the team, carrying your own caseload. You will have opportunities to develop professionally supported with regular supervision as well as internal and external training courses.

We work closely with our physiotherapy colleagues to provide holistic care to children across a wide range of specialisms including MSK, respiratory, neurological and rheumatological.

Main duties of the job

• To perform advanced assessment of children with diverse pathologies and complex physical and psychological condition.
• To develop and deliver individualised treatment programmes for children.
• To hold clinical responsibility for and manage own caseload, working without direct supervision. Supervision takes the form of regular reflective and clinical reasoning sessions.
• To complement the skills within the Children's Occupational Therapy Team, working to ensure that children cared for by the department experience excellent care and continuity, and that their families feel supported in their roles.
• To delegate work to support staff.
• To supervise, educate and assess the performance of Occupational Therapy students; this would be to a graduate level standard and involve working with universities to meet the standards required.
• To be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, liaising and working with staff outside and within the Trust tin the best interests of the child.
• To liaise with other Occupational Therapy colleagues to provide a flexible service during pressure times, due to workload or staffing difficulties.
• To participate in the training and supervision of Band 5 Occupational Therapists, Assistants and Technical Instructors.
• To undertake routine administrative tasks as agreed with senior staff.

Closing date of applications: 23 June 2025

Interview date: 07 July 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospitals of Derby & Burton

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

University Hospitals of Derby & Burton

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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