Job Description

Make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people whilst being part of a supportive NHS community team.

Role Overview

The Specialist Children and Young People's Occupational Therapist will work as part of the Inner North West London Division of CLCH's Children and Young People's Occupational Therapy Team (CYPOT).


This role is contracted to deliver an effective and clinically reasoned therapy service to secondary students attending Woodlane High School, five days per week during school hours.


Occupational therapy provision at the school uses a Universal, Targeted and Specialist model to integrate therapy into each student's daily life. The therapist will work jointly with the school's wider therapy team, senior leadership team and education staff.

Key Responsibilities

Provide clinical services that are sensitive to the protected characteristics of age, disability, gender and gender-neutral identification, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation Provide a high-quality children and young people's Occupational Therapy service to a caseload of children and young people with a variety of diagnoses and presentations that are impacting daily occupations Carry out comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessments to understand the child/young person's strengths and areas of difficulty, collaboratively set meaningful and motivating goals, and establish a goal-orientated treatment plan and/or programme Assess, fabricate and monitor the use of splints and orthoses to support Upper Limb function Provide assessment and advice regarding postural/seating systems

Benefits

Just as we care about our patients' well-being, we care about yours!


We can offer you:


A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role Car lease scheme (only available for Band 5 and up) Flexible working options Flexitime Annual travel card loan Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Additional Information

Please refer to the attached and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.


Benefits:


Flexitime
Work Location: In person