Team Lead Neonatal Occupational Therapist

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a band 7 neonatal occupational therapist to join the existing neonatal OT and wider MDT teams on a 12 month fixed term maternity cover contract covering the neonatal units. At Denmark Hill site we have a 36 bedded busy, surgical NICU including gastroenterology, neurosurgical and respiratory specialties as well as extreme prematurity. On the Princess Royal site there is a 14 bedded Local Neonatal Unit (LNU) including general medical, moderate prematurity and respiratory support needs.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic specialist occupational therapist to join our existing team to provide services to these units, lead projects and support therapists and the MDT. The OT will join our well-established Neonatal Therapy Team and will be based at Denmark Hill but provide services cross-site. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced OT wishing to work and continue to specialise in this growing area and develop the services as a team.

To assist in coordinating and developing the provision of Occupational Therapy within the Multi-disciplinary therapy team at King’s College Hospital, including providing weekly cover to the Local Neonatal Unit  post holder has a key role in ensuring that a high quality and effective OT service is provided within allocated resources. This post will take a lead in developmental care and early intervention on the Neonatal Units at Denmark Hill and the PRUH sites.

The Neonatal Units provide specialist medical and surgical services to premature and sick newborn infants requiring intensive care, high dependency care, special care and neurodevelopmental follow-up. The post holder will use highly specialist knowledge and skills to manage their own complex caseload autonomously. This post provides clinical leadership to a Band 6 neonatal OT and will support the Clinical Lead OT in service development.

The post holder will be expected to represent neonatal and paediatric Occupational Therapy and the wider neonatal and paediatric therapy team at relevant meetings, and will advise on service developments in line with policy development. The post holder will be expected to take an active lead on the implementation of local clinical governance initiatives, evidence based practice (EBP) and clinical audit, and organisation of the local OT programme, facilities and staffing.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people. King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Laura Kromhout

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