Senior Occupational Therapist- Adolescent Therapies

Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you interested in service development? Would you like to work for an organisation committed to providing high quality tertiary level care? Then you could be the person for us.

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Occupational Therapist with a special interest in Adolescent Rehabilitation to join the established Treatment of Adolescents with Complex Conditions Service (TRACCS). The post holder will be responsible for providing a high level occupational therapy service to TRACCS patients, typically for conditions such as ME/CFS and Functional Disorders in an inpatient, day care, and outpatient setting. Alongside this there will be a responsibility to provide a service to the much smaller percentage of acute inpatients.

The post will involve highly collaborative working with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and effective liaison across health, social care and education sectors ensuring the delivery of a consistent approach. The successful candidate will be expected to carry a specialist caseload, carrying out highly specialised assessment and treatment.

The post-holder will be one of six therapists integrated into the Paediatric and Adolescent Division within UCLH NHS Trust and will be supported by the Therapy Service Lead., The successful candidate will be a dynamic and motivated Occupational Therapist who can provide effective therapy input in a creative, thoughtful and reflective manner, demonstrating leadership qualities, high level communication skills and a cooperative approach when working in this challenging field. Applicants will need experience providing rehabilitation to patients with complex long-term physical needs. They will need advanced clinical reasoning skills in the rehabilitation of patients with chronic conditions and complex needs and a keen interest in working with adolescents (experience desirable but not essential)

At UCLH we are committed to delivering top-quality patient care, excellent education and world class research. You will be supported and actively encouraged in developing your leadership and clinical skills. This is a great opportunity to work and develop as an individual and as part of a team, gaining clinical and operational experience in a supportive environment.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:o University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)o National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgeryo Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitalso University College Hospital Grafton Way Buildingo Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicineo University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centreo The Hospital for Tropical Diseaseso University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.