Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Job summary

The postholder will provide an Occupational Therapy service for children who experience difficulties in their functional abilities or skills development in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure in accordance with the service level agreement for Sutton Health & Care Community Services.

They will contribute to the development of the Occupational Therapy service for children. They will plan and provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, advice and treatment for children with functional difficulties, working closely with the multidisciplinary team, school staff and families. They will work autonomously and without direct supervision in a defined clinical area, and will be accountable for their own clinical actions.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

• To provide a specialist paediatric Occupational Therapy service to a defined caseload
• To be responsible for a clinical caseload of children with a Sutton GP or an Education Health and Care Plan as commissioned by the London Borough of Sutton and Health Commissioners
• To use standardised and non standardised assessment, interview and observation skills to determine needs of children and effectively set goals and plan intervention
• To be responsible for a defined caseload ensuring time management to enable effective service provisi

Management Responsibility/Professional Leadership

• To assist the children's Occupational Therapy Team Leader in planning and providing appropriate Occupational Therapy input to children in Sutton, including attendance at meetings, developing guidelines and protocols and reviewing service provision.
• To keep the Team Leader up-to-date with service provision issues and report any untoward incidences, clinical or non-clinical, promptly, co-operating with any investigation undertaken.
• To actively review efficacy of service delivery and facilitate setting up of new standards or amending existing ones, in close liaison with the Team.
• To keep up-to-date with the Department and Trust standards and policies and facilitate dissemination of this knowledge to colleagues.

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.