Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist

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Alder Hey Children's Nhs Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Posted 3 days ago, 13 Nov | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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To act as an autonomous practitioner within a specialised paediatric OT service, providing OT assessment, treatment, review and evaluation for children on the ward, in out-patient settings and in the child's own home/school.
To manage own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service, working with and without direct supervision.
To work in partnership with other health professionals, parents, carers, education and other service providers to ensure a child centred approach to therapy
To carry and be responsible for a varied clinical caseload, to organize this caseload effectively and efficiently with regard to clinical priorities and time.
To provide cover to other areas of service as necessary to support other members of the team. Occasional weekend working may be required.
To support the senior therapists with service development, take an active role in Governance and to provide supervision and support to junior staff and students.

We invite applications from experienced Occupational Therapists with a background in Paediatrics or Acute therapy.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a major teaching hospital with 270 beds. It is a supra-regional centre for cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and Paediatric major trauma. Alder Hey is one of Europe's busiest children's hospitals and we care for over 270,000 young people and their families every year.