Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist

Are you ready toreallymake a difference in children’s and family’s lives? Lancashire Teaching Hospitals proudly hosts the regional neuromuscular team. A truly integrated multidisciplinary team, dedicated to providing a bespoke service to families across Lancashire and South Cumbria. We are looking for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist who is enthusiastic, adaptable and creative to join our friendly and welcoming team. You will have the opportunity to develop this service and put your own stamp on the way Occupational Therapy is provided within this specialist service.

The team is led by a Consultant Neurologist who is passionate and values the input of allied health professionals. You will work alongside specialist Nurses, Physiotherapists, Psychologist and Orthotists to provide a truly holistic service to children with a neuromuscular diagnoses. Liaising with community therapists is key. Your day will be varied, clinics run in Preston (at Royal Preston Hospital) and Blackburn (Livesey Children’s Centre). You will work in the clinics alongside the MDT to provide a specialist neuromuscular and neurodevelopmental assessment (both standardised and non-standardised) alongside therapeutic intervention. This will include children of all ages, ensuring holistic care with regards to consideration of their physical, mental health and social needs. You will work autonomously and innovatively to meet the goals of children and families. Experience in working with children and families is essential

We have over 10,000 fantastic people working hard at LTHTR to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

We will offer you a supportive work environment where you can develop your specialist skills and knowledge. You will be a key provider in the delivery of high-quality health care. There are opportunities for personal and professional development.

Duties to include, but not be limited to:

• To directly support the delivery of Occupational Therapy to patients
• To communicate and collaborate with all Core Therapies and children's service stakeholders
• To support service development and planning. * Manage own caseload and prioritisation based on clinical need
• Record assessment, differential diagnosis, clinical reasoning and analysis clearly in patients' notes
• Record reasoned treatment and management plans in patient notes

This post offers great development opportunities!

If you would like to find out more or come and see what we do, please contact us to arrange a time convenient for you. Sarah Tandy Occupational Therapist Paediatrics 01772 524114, Angela Alty Professional Lead Occupational Therapist 01772 524097 and our consultant christian.degoede@lthtr.nhs.uk 01772 522246