Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist

The post holder will work within the Community Children and Young People’s Service in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire as part of the wider multidisciplinary team and will provide a high quality, effective, accessible, patient‑centred service for all children referred.

This will include children with a variety of conditions including neurological, rheumatological, functional coordination disorder and those requiring long‑term rehabilitation.

The service works from a clinic base at Retford PCC in Bassetlaw. It provides occupational therapy support in mainstream schools and a special school in Nottinghamshire, as well as supporting children, young people and their families in the home environment.

Responsibilities

• Use specialist clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support assessments, treatment and management of children and young people aged 0–19 years with complex presentations.
• Work closely with the multidisciplinary team and communicate effectively with children and their families.
• Supervise, teach and develop other staff as required.

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