Highly Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist

We know childrens Occupational Therapy can improve the outcomes for children and young people. We are excited to have had some extra investment into our service for children and young people with SEND. In this new role you will work alongside our Childrens OT Clinical Team Leader service across South Tyneside and Sunderland as we integrate our teams to enhance service delivery, patient care and staff development.

You will work closely with the Childrens Speech and Language Therapy and Physiotherapy teams as part of an innovative, supportive Therapies Directorate. You will have excellent supervision and be encouraged to develop your clinical, leadership and management skills. We encourage staff to explore opportunities in research and innovation to improve patient experience and outcomes and as well as supporting staff development. Come and be part of our team as we take the agenda for Childrens OT forward in line with current national and clinical drivers. If you are interested, please contact us and well tell you all about our services and our great plans for the future as well as our recent successes and achievements! Youll want to come to work with us! (We also have beautiful beaches, countryside and an abundance of cultural activities for you to explore across our patch....an added bonus!)

Main duties of the job

You will

provide highly specialist OT assessment, diagnosis and intervention for a wide range of childhood disorders / disabilities

provide a cost effective service with evidence of patient focussed outcomes

work together with the wider therapies team towards integrated care for children

support the development and use of the hospital information system for clinical care and caseload management

work with external stakeholders and other Trust colleagues to develop the OT service for children

demonstrate leadership skills

provide supervisory support and/or development for staff / students / other professionals / parents and carers as required

have a working knowledge of Education Health and Care Plans (Children and Families Act 2014) and report writing;

have knowledge of safeguarding issues.

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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.

We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for STSFT. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via the Trust's Flexible Working Policy.

The Trust employs around 8,300 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area, in some cases to a population as great as 860,000. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements. The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated.