Occupational Therapist Advanced (XR07)
Job Description
Job summary
Expected Shortlisting Date:
10/04/2025
Planned Interview Date:
25/04/2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 clinical lead for the Childrens Occupational Therapy acute inpatient service at The Leeds Childrens Hospital.
Specialties covered by this service include: Neurology, Oncology, Orthopaedics, developmental babies, cardiac and PICU. Caring for children from both within Leeds and regionally.
We are committed to development through appraisal, training, research and audit. Our mission is to make a positive difference in children's lives through the use of specialist, individualised and fun therapy in partnership with the MDT, child and their family.
Applications are welcomed from individuals who are passionate about providing goal orientated, patient centred care for Children and their families. Experience within the clinical specialty, complex caseload management, ability to work in a fast-paced environment and excellent communication skills are all essential requirements. Leadership and service development will be a key focus of this post.
Main duties of the job
Lead the inpatient team in the assessment and treatment of children on the acute and rehab wards within the Leeds Childrens Hospital.
Provide support, training and supervision to staff and students.
Work closely with the OT team/MDT to provide holistic, functional goal orientated rehab programmes, including assessment/provision of specialist equipment as appropriate, liaison with schools/external agencies, support complex discharge planning.
Work closely with the MDT/collaborate with hospitals/services around the region and nationally to provide coordinated, integrated care throughout a childs treatment journey.
Work closely with Band 7 colleagues in the Childrens OT service and Clinical Service Manager to identify and deliver quality improvement, audit, research and service development across the wider team.
Deputize for the Clinical Service Manager as appropriate.
About us
Leeds Childrens Hospital provides services to the region and city of Leeds. An exciting and dynamic place to work, we are passionate about our deeply-held values (The Leeds Way). Developed by the staff at the trust, these set out what we see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centered, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable and Empowered.
The Childrens OT team work Monday - Friday across a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, We are a friendly and supportive team, our aim is to always strive to provide the highest quality of care to our patients and families, and we are highly committed to supporting staff CPD and wellbeing.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Job responsibilities
1. Job Purpose
To work within the Occupational Therapy Service, leading coordinating and developing effective intervention in a specialist area, in conjunction with the Head Occupational Therapist Clinical Area and colleagues.
To manage autonomously a clinical workload at a highly specialist level: assessing and treating patients and maintaining associated records.
To apply evidence based knowledge of the specialist clinical area, acquired through in depth experience and/or academic study to specialist post graduate level or equivalent
To provide Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to patients with diverse, complex and multiple pathological presentations.
To adopt a key role in clinical risk assessment and discharge planning
To take responsibility for organising and carrying out home assessments. Leading and co-ordinating discussions with patients and carers, health and social care professionals and community agencies to plan and implement effective and safe hospital discharges.
To provide an evidence based service to the specialist clinical area.
To provide a patient-focused service following the Occupational Therapy process (screen referrals, assess and plan treatment programmes, implement and evaluate treatment programmes, monitor and plan discharge) using Occupational Therapy core skills.
To represent the Occupational Therapy Service and act as a patient advocate in multi-disciplinary meetings, with external agencies such as Social Services, Housing, Intermediate Care Services.
To manage, supervise and delegate to Occupational Therapists within the team.
To manage, supervise and delegate to Occupational Therapy Support Staff.
To supervise and educate Occupational Therapy Students.
To act as a professional role model for other team members.
To assist with the general caseload of the team as service needs dictate.
To act as a highly specialist Occupational Therapy Resource for colleagues, carers and patients.
To lead and participate in team and service developments including audit and research.
To be involved in multi-disciplinary coordination and development of services.
The trust acknowledges and supports the statements laid down by the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (College of Occupational Therapy). The post holder will be professionally accountable to Health Professions Council, and accountable contractually to their employer and to the law for their actions.
2. Job Dimensions
Clinical Responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the management of patients with highly complex health and social care needs. The post holder as a highly specialised, autonomous practitioner will address occupational therapy performance skills, social context and activity demands in collaboration with patients, carers and colleagues.
Clinical intervention may take place in a variety of settings including wards, therapy departments, clinics, peoples homes, work places community facilities, child care and educational establishments.
The work involves close liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and community based health and social care providers.
Refer to Section 9 for specific details of responsibilities.
Team Responsibilities
1. To manage, supervise and support Occupational Therapists, Support Staff and Students
2. To deputise for the Head Occupational Therapist
3. To represent Occupational Therapy on working parties and multi-agency meetings
4. To act as a resource of clinical expertise and advice within the clinical specialty
for colleagues, patients and carers
5. To be responsible for routine organisation and maintenance of the department/section
6. To initiate, lead and contribute to service development
7. To support the team in meeting local and government targets
8. To lead and participate in projects
9. To lead and participate in in-service training
10. To initiate, promote and implement changes to policies, procedures and practices within the clinical area as identified in team plan
11. To be responsible for financial and physical resources, for example, the use of equipment store systems such as Leeds Equipment Service, petty cash
12. To be responsible for checking and cleaning equipment in line with Trust and service Health and Safety Policies
Professional Responsibilities
1. To support Trust objectives and business plan
2. To lead and promote Service objectives and business plan
3. Specialist knowledge of Modernisation Agenda/Government Initiatives
4. To ensure clinical governance, quality assurance and professional standards are adhered to.
5. Membership of COT specialist section relevant to post
6. Awareness of COT initiatives
7. To initiate, promote and lead changes to policies, procedures and practice within the clinical speciality which may impact on other disciplines.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post graduate experience at a senior level.
- Experience in the clinical speciality and in a range of clinical areas.
Desirable
- Change management
- Involvement in establishing a new service
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Able to take responsibility for self and others
- Able to take responsibility for local service delivery
- Advanced understanding of functional implications of illness and disability related to the specialist clinical area
- Understanding and application of standardised assessments and treatment techniques associated with the specialist ...
