Job Description

Are you a passionate Paediatric Occupational Therapist ready to join a unique integrated therapy centre in North London?

33,000 to 40,000 per year, dependent on experience 30 days annual leave, with 3 days to be taken around Christmas Permanent, full time (part time considered) 37.5 hours per week, including Saturdays preferably, and some evening and bank holiday working Based at 143 Coppetts Road, London N10 1JP

Download the full Job Pack at https://cpotential.org.uk/paediatric-occupational-therapist-job-vacancy/

This is a great opportunity if you've experience working with children or are newly qualified and keen to develop your skills in a supportive, collaborative environment.

You'll work as part of our MDT to deliver high-quality, evidence-based therapy to children and young people with a variety of physical, learning, and developmental needs. Your role will include assessments, tailored interventions, and progress reviews, working closely with families to help children reach their full potential.

You'll need to be HCPC registered and an RCOT member, with experience or interest in supporting children with cerebral palsy, developmental delay, genetic conditions, or sensory processing challenges. You'll also bring strong communication and interpersonal skills, the ability to manage and prioritise a caseload, work independently, reflect on your practice, and maintain professional records. Flexibility, adaptability, and a commitment to evidence-based care are essential.

In return, you'll join a warm, welcoming team in a vibrant, homely centre where your clinical expertise can truly make a difference.

This role requires an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

How to apply?

Email info@cpotential.org.uk

with your CV and Cover Letter, explaining how you best suit the criteria outlined in the Job Pack below, and why you would like to work for CPotential.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Summary

To provide high standards of advanced occupational therapy input and high quality of care to children of all ages including adolescents and their families across the charity, facilitating integrated service delivery to include assessment and specialist therapeutic interventions

To manage a caseload of children and their families with varied and sometimes complex needs undertaking appropriate assessment, intervention and evaluation through programmes of therapy and support to meet identified needs

To work in a variety of settings most appropriate to the child's needs

To communicate effectively with a range of people to include users of services and their families, education, local authority, NHS services as well as independent and voluntary sector partners

To actively participate in the multidisciplinary team assessments around the child's model of care

To work closely with education for additional provision of services to mainstream and special schools

To assist with service developments, audits, fundraising and service promotion

To supervise and delegate responsibilities to more junior staff, students and therapy assistants

To make recommendations for innovations and service-wide changes in practice and be responsible for the implementation of such change.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Clinical

To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner, including professional and legal accountability and managing clinical risk for all aspects of own work. Clinical work will involve the delivery of care as an individual practitioner or as part of the multi-agency team

To undertake advanced therapeutic assessment of children with neurological or other disabling conditions that affect gross motor/fine motor acquisition as well as children presenting with developmental delay. These children may also have complex health needs, psychological, cognitive and behavioural problems which will need to be considered when designing a management plan using advanced clinical reasoning

To assess patient/carers understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid formal consent and jointly agreed goals.

To have the capacity to work within a legal framework with clients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

To formulate and deliver an individualised occupational therapy treatment programme, including hand therapy, fine motor skills, self-care activities, and specialist interventions such as feeding, CIMT with training.

To be responsible for safe and competent assessment, provision and use of occupational therapy equipment ensuring that parents/junior staff/education learning support assistants/technical instructor attain competency prior to use

To undertake training of parents and carers and other members of the children's multiagency team on therapeutic management programme and use of equipment

To provide effective communication and represent the service and work collaboratively with other disciplines such as physiotherapist, music therapist, conductors and speech & language therapist along with other agencies across Health, Social Care and Education to ensure that services for individual families are coordinated, seamless, timely and robust

To work in partnership with parent/carers to enable and empower families of disabled children, to function effectively, and signpost to other services.

Professional

To assume delegated tasks as requested by the line manager, Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist and Consultant Occupational Therapist, including leading on service initiatives, policy development etc

To actively participate and engage in individual performance and development review systems and in professional and personal development including in-service training, clinical supervision, journal club and peer support maintaining professional standards and ensuring best practice

To keep up to date with clinical developments using clinical databases, electronic technology e.g., home exercise platform, Cliniko

To attend relevant training and development to maintain and develop skills and knowledge required of a paediatric occupational therapist thereby maintaining up to date HCPC registration e.g., relevant courses, meetings, special interest groups and reading

To maintain up-to-date, comprehensive and accurate case notes, in line with HCPC and RCOT professional standards and local service policy

To adhere to HCPC and RCOT codes of professional conduct and perform in line with Charity policy

Adhere to Charity guidelines regarding client consent and confidentiality and security of information about clients, staff and health service business, in accordance with the Data Protection Act

To have a good working knowledge of and ensure compliance with National and Local guidelines, policies, procedures, local risk assessments and service processes

To be responsible for own professional actions and recognise own professional boundaries through interpretation of clinical/professional policies relevant to the local team and/or identified area of expertise

To work as an effective and responsible team member, arriving and leaving promptly, working effectively during agreed hours

To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and client priorities. Readjusting plans as situations change/arise and delegating duties to junior staff or technical instructors

To represent occupational therapy service, and/or individual client to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multidisciplinary service presenting a positive impression of the MDT team and the Paediatric Occupational Therapy service.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

1. All employees are required to actively contribute towards the organisations' clinical governance systems, taking responsibility as appropriate for quality standards and work towards the continuous improvement in clinical and service quality.

2. Administer and organise own work to ensure that it is accurate and meets quality targets, reasonable deadlines, and reporting requirements.

3. Adhere to all CPotential's standards, policies and procedures.

4. Be responsible for personal learning and development to support the learning and development of others and the whole organisation.

5. Ensure all work is legally and regulatory compliant and follow best practice, including in the areas of ethical due diligence, GDPR, privacy, and marketing consent.

6. Demonstrate CPotential's values of being professional, honest, reliable, collaborative, integrated, inclusive, curious, innovative, approachable and adaptable in your conduct when representing the charity.

7. Be responsible for your own health and safety, your colleagues and supporters, in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act and internal policies.

The above list of job duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. Job descriptions should be regularly reviewed to ensure they are an accurate representation of the post.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Degree in Occupational therapy

HCPC Registered

RCOT Registered - Specialist interest group.

Desirable

CPD evidence of interest in Paediatric Occupational therapy

Clinical Rotation in Paediatric Occupational therapy

Experience of lone working

Experience of working with children.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Good interpersonal skills

Able to develop a therapeutic rapport with service users

Able to prioritise own clinical and non-clinical workload

Excellent communication skills and able to present information written and orally, in a clear and logical manner, and to keep accurate and legible client notes

Understand the legal responsibilities of the role

Up to date with evidence-based practice and new research

Able to work under own initiative and within the role boundaries

Competent IT skills

Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability of approach

Ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.

Desirable

Able to supervise junior staff and students effectively when required

Able to deem others competent in specific occupational therapy interventions.

General

This role requires an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check

Some evening/weekend/bank holiday working required.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 33,000.00-40,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Sick pay
Application question(s):

Please briefly explain any experience you have of working with children with a variety of needs including cerebral palsy, developmental delay, genetic disorders and sensory processing difficulties? Please confirm that you are HCPC registered and an RCOT member? If not, please explain your situation.
Work Location: In person