Job summary
The post holder will provide professional and clinical leadership for the Children's Occupational Therapy service, working in partnership with the Service and Operational Managers to ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe, effective and child- and family-centred care. They will hold accountability for service delivery within professional standards, leading on clinical governance, quality improvement, and service development across Specialist Children's Services.
The post holder will manage and support a multidisciplinary Occupational Therapy workforce, ensuring effective deployment of staff and resources to meet service demand, performance targets and waiting time standards. As an autonomous practitioner, they will maintain a highly specialist clinical caseload, offering expert assessment, intervention, second opinions and specialist advice for children and young people with complex needs.
They will lead the development and implementation of evidence-based practice, pathways and guidelines, contribute to multi-agency working across Health, Education and Social Care, and play a key role in workforce development through supervision, appraisal, training and education. The post holder will actively promote a culture of compassionate, inclusive and enabling care in line with Trust values and strategic objectives
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide professional, clinical and operational leadership for the Paediatric Occupational Therapy service, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality child- and family-centred care. They will act as an autonomous, highly specialist Occupational Therapist, managing a complex caseload and providing expert assessment, intervention and clinical advice. The post holder will lead on clinical governance, quality assurance, audit and service improvement, ensuring compliance with professional standards, Trust policies and national guidance, while supporting service planning and development in collaboration with Service and Operational Managers. They will line manage and support staff through recruitment, supervision, appraisal and performance management, ensuring effective deployment of staff and resources to meet service demand, waiting time targets and key performance indicators. The role requires strong collaborative working with children, families and multi-agency partners across Health, Education and Social Care, as well as leading and contributing to training, education and professional development across the service.
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
For full job details/description and main responsibilities please refer to attached Job description and person specification document
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full job details/description and main responsibilities please refer to attached Job description and person specification document
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- oRegistration with the Health Professions Council.
- oUndertaking higher degree/courses relevant to the area of practice
Desirable
- o Member of the Royal college of Occupational therapy and relevant Clinical Interest Group
Experience
Essential
- Advanced clinical assessment and reasoning skills, using standardised assessments, goal setting and outcome measures to plan and evaluate effective, safe interventions, including specialist equipment and adaptations.
- Extensive experience in paediatric occupational therapy, assessing and treating children with physical disabilities and neurodevelopmental conditions, with specialist expertise in areas such as postural management, hand splinting and evidence-based interventions.
- Strong commitment to occupationally focused, evidence-based practice, including development of clinical pathways, audit and service improvement activity.
- Proven ability to work in partnership with children, families and multi-agency teams across Health, Education and Social Care to deliver coordinated care.
- Experience in leadership, supervision and clinical governance, with knowledge of SEND legislation, health and safety, risk management and performance management.
Desirable
- oService improvement Experience
- oBenchmarking experience
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Provides strong clinical, professional and workforce leadership across the service, overseeing clinical standards, staff performance, supervision, appraisal and development to ensure safe, effective and high-quality practice.
- Leads service delivery and development, translating strategic priorities into operational plans, managing resources effectively and driving performance, quality, transformation and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrates highly developed communication, influencing and partnership-working skills, leading complex decision-making, risk management and collaborative practice with service users, families and multi-agency partners.
Desirable
- oExperience of presentation & training skills to a wide variety of audiences
Values
Essential
- o Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- oDegree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
- oRegistration with the Health Professions Council.
- oUndertaking higher degree/courses relevant to the area of practice
Desirable
- o Member of the Royal college of Occupational therapy and relevant Clinical Interest Group
Experience
Essential
- Advanced clinical assessment and reasoning skills, using standardised assessments, goal setting and outcome measures to plan and evaluate effective, safe interventions, including specialist equipment and adaptations.
- Extensive experience in paediatric occupational therapy, assessing and treating children with physical disabilities and neurodevelopmental conditions, with specialist expertise in areas such as postural management, hand splinting and evidence-based interventions.
- Strong commitment to occupationally focused, evidence-based practice, including development of clinical pathways, audit and service improvement activity.
- Proven ability to work in partnership with children, families and multi-agency teams across Health, Education and Social Care to deliver coordinated care.
- Experience in leadership, supervision and clinical governance, with knowledge of SEND legislation, health and safety, risk management and performance management.
Desirable
- oService improvement Experience
- oBenchmarking experience
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Provides strong clinical, professional and workforce leadership across the service, overseeing clinical standards, staff performance, supervision, appraisal and development to ensure safe, effective and high-quality practice.
- Leads service delivery and development, translating strategic priorities into operational plans, managing resources effectively and driving performance, quality, transformation and continuous improvement.
- Demonstrates highly developed communication, influencing and partnership-working skills, leading complex decision-making, risk management and collaborative practice with service users, families and multi-agency partners.
Desirable
- oExperience of presentation & training skills to a wide variety of audiences
Values
Essential
- o Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
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).
