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Main area
Paediatric Occupational Therapy
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: N/A
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-7214520
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kentish Town HC & Community and Swiss Cottage School
Town
Camden
Salary
£44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
18/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 6 Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Band 6

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The Paediatric Occupational Therapy service offers a high quality service
to all eligible children aged from birth to school leaving age who live or
attend school in Camden or who are registered with a Camden GP. The
post holder will be allocated caseload depending on their experience and
the needs of the service. This post is rotational which means that the
post holder may need to rotate to a different post when the yearly review
of rotations arise.
The post holder will need to demonstrate a high standard of clinical
practise and previous experience as a Paediatric Occupational Therapist
assessing the needs of complex children with DCD, ASD, developmental
delay, physical disability and providing intervention in the classroom as
well as working with their carers and acting as a highly skilled
occupational therapy advisor in home and school environments.

Main duties of the job

 To be responsible for an allocated caseload, providing high quality
Occupational Therapy and effective case management to children aged
0 –18 and their families in mainstream schools and pre schools and
occasionally the child’s own home within the Camden area.
 To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessment of children with
complex and varied special needs through interview, standardised
assessment, objective examination and clinical observations.
 To work effectively and flexibly within an interdisciplinary framework to
provide goal orientated therapy programmes for children
 To work as part of a flexible OT service and a wider multidisciplinary
team in a variety of settings.
 To be actively involved in planning, monitoring and implementing clinical
service policies and care pathways.
 To deliver all Occupational Therapy services in line with the professional
body (Royal College of Occupational Therapists), and Departmental
policies and standards, thereby being professionally and legally
responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree in Occupational therapy
  • HPC Registration
Desirable criteria
  • Member of RCOT
  • Member of RCOT specialist groups - CYPF
  • Evidence of CPD including attendance at appropriate postgraduate, specialist short courses relevant to paediatric OT
  • Post-graduate training in Occupational Therapy Specialist areas such as sensory Processing, CO-OP

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in paediatric OT in a variety of settings including schools, community and or hospital
  • To demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Valuing Diversity, cultural practices and how to incorporate the needs of people from different ethnic/cultural communities into OT interventions
  • To demonstrate knowledge of assessment skills and an understanding of the application of Occupational Therapy to meet the needs of children with physical/ behavioural disabilities
  • Demonstrate the ability to plan intervention for the short-term and longterm effects of disability in accordance with the Borough’s policies and procedures on service delivery and eligibility.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of physical, behavioural, neurological and psychiatric conditions and an understanding of their impact on children and their families/carers. This can include impairments in areas of cognitive, perceptual, biomedical, neurological and sensory impairment, social communication skills
  • Demonstrate awareness of the need to work in partnership with clients and their families/ carers.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of effective time management and caseload management skills
  • Experience of working with a range of children with special needs and relevant Occupational Therapy approaches
  • Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team in a school setting

Personal Quals & Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Empathetic with children and their parents/carers
  • Flexible
  • Team worker

Other

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for service, including experience of quality issues and audit
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of CPD including attendance at appropriate postgraduate, specialist short courses relevant to paediatric OT

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Eleftheria Kosmidou
Job title
Head of CYP's Therapies
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02078302535
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