Job summary
This is an exciting role for a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist to help develop and deliver the Neonatal Occupational Therapy Service at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and work as a Lead Allied Health Professional in the Neonatal Operational Delivery Network.
The post holder will work to implement the recommendations of the National NeonatalCritical Care Review (NCCR) and the NHS Long Term Plan (2019), to improve access to skilled OTs on all neonatal units within the network. They will support providers to achieve equitable access to and provision of, highly complex knowledge and skills, to new born preterm and term infants.
Main duties of the job
To develop and deliver care on the level 3 NICU at ELCH. The unit is divided into three areas:
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)- provides support for babies with breathing problems and other specialist treatment needs
- High Dependency Unit (HDU)- provides support for babies who require less intensive care than babies in NICU, but are still not stable enough for care in the SCBU
- Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU)- provides support for babies who need tube feeding, additional oxygen support and light therapy (phototherapy).
The unit provides 24-hour specialist care for premature and sick infants who are born in south east London and southern England.
In addition to medical care for problems such as extreme prematurity, breathing difficulties and infection, they care for babies with neonatal surgical problems, heart conditions, brain, eye, airway, kidney and metabolic problems.
There are daily morning ward rounds led by the attending consultant, where parents can listen to discussions and be updated about their baby's care. Quiet time each afternoon is an opportunity for parents to spend quality time with the baby, including partaking in kangaroo care.
There are 20 intensive care cots, 12 high dependency care cots and 14 special care cots.
You will be working closely with our AHP colleagues in Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Dietetics and Psychology, as well as the wider MDT, to deliver a comprehensive Neonatal service.
About us
You will need to be...
enthusiastic about developing the specialist and unique role of OT within neonates.
able to demonstrate the value of occupational therapy for neonates, helping to establish OT as a key profession within the MDT
experienced in working within neonatal care/paediatrics with knowledge of developmentally sensitive care
able to work autonomously and provide specialist OT assessments and interventions to infants and their families
This post sits within the Paediatric occupational therapy service at Evelina London Children's Hospital.
You will be responsible for the supervision and support of band 7 occupational therapists. You will contribute to service development alongside your colleagues in the neonatal service as well as the paediatric OT team.
You will be supervised by the clinical lead in paediatric occupational therapy and professionally managed by the Trust Head OT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post requires applicants to have excellent verbal and written communication skills, as collaborative working within the multi-disciplinary and with our community colleagues in health, education and social services is essential. It also requires an OT who has experience with working with this population of children, as you will need to be adaptable to meet the childs individual therapy needs. You will need to be flexible in order to support the team within a busy hospital environment. You will be energetic, keen to critically appraise literature in the field of occupational therapy and deliver evidence-based practice as part of a service that encourages reflective practice.There is the potential to participate in departmental audits or research projects. There is also the opportunity to increase your knowledge and skills through participation in team and hospital wide continuing professional development programmes, supervision of junior staff members and students, appraisal, in-service training and joint working.
See Job description and person Specification for further details or please contact us using the information below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post requires applicants to have excellent verbal and written communication skills, as collaborative working within the multi-disciplinary and with our community colleagues in health, education and social services is essential. It also requires an OT who has experience with working with this population of children, as you will need to be adaptable to meet the childs individual therapy needs. You will need to be flexible in order to support the team within a busy hospital environment. You will be energetic, keen to critically appraise literature in the field of occupational therapy and deliver evidence-based practice as part of a service that encourages reflective practice.There is the potential to participate in departmental audits or research projects. There is also the opportunity to increase your knowledge and skills through participation in team and hospital wide continuing professional development programmes, supervision of junior staff members and students, appraisal, in-service training and joint working.
See Job description and person Specification for further details or please contact us using the information below.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- HCPC registered Occupational Therapist
- Evidence of post graduate education in relevant clinical area.
- Completed HEE Neonatal OT modules
Desirable
- Leadership training/qualification
- Masters degree or equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of developmental care models and core skills e.g. family centred care, humane neonatal care initiative, skin to skin care, Baby Friendly Initiative for breast feeding, individualised developmental care.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of patient group with knowledge of foetal and new-born development and developmental disabilities
- Experience in training and educating other professionals and carers in the role of Occupational
Desirable
- Expert level knowledge and experience in relevant specialised area
- Experience designing, implementing, participating or writing up qualitative or quantitative research
- Proven experience of leading and implementing service developments, including developing AHP business cases & recruitment, & large scale change management
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates advanced ethical reasoning and critical reflection.
- Ability to receive and impart complex and sensitive information, under stressful circumstances and when decisions carry risk of unknown outcome
- Specialist knowledge, understanding and application of advanced Occupational Therapy processes relating to client centred practice.
- Demonstrate clinical leadership skills and excellent team building skills.
Desirable
- Experience in management and development of operational policies
- Previous experience as head/lead of department/service.
- Previous experience of clinical service development
Additional Skills
Essential
- Adherence to College of Occupational Therapy and HCPC guidelines and codes of ethics and professional conduct.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- HCPC registered Occupational Therapist
- Evidence of post graduate education in relevant clinical area.
- Completed HEE Neonatal OT modules
Desirable
- Leadership training/qualification
- Masters degree or equivalent
Previous Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of developmental care models and core skills e.g. family centred care, humane neonatal care initiative, skin to skin care, Baby Friendly Initiative for breast feeding, individualised developmental care.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge of patient group with knowledge of foetal and new-born development and developmental disabilities
- Experience in training and educating other professionals and carers in the role of Occupational
Desirable
- Expert level knowledge and experience in relevant specialised area
- Experience designing, implementing, participating or writing up qualitative or quantitative research
- Proven experience of leading and implementing service developments, including developing AHP business cases & recruitment, & large scale change management
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrates advanced ethical reasoning and critical reflection.
- Ability to receive and impart complex and sensitive information, under stressful circumstances and when decisions carry risk of unknown outcome
- Specialist knowledge, understanding and application of advanced Occupational Therapy processes relating to client centred practice.
- Demonstrate clinical leadership skills and excellent team building skills.
Desirable
- Experience in management and development of operational policies
- Previous experience as head/lead of department/service.
- Previous experience of clinical service development
Additional Skills
Essential
- Adherence to College of Occupational Therapy and HCPC guidelines and codes of ethics and professional conduct.
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).
