Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist (Development post considered)

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Clinical Lead Paediatric Occupational Therapist
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead Paediatric Occupational Therapist to work within our integrated Children's Therapies service based at the Child Development Centre, Airedale General Hospital. The post holder will deliver highly specialist clinical activity and provide clinical leadership to a small paediatric OT team, working closely together with the team leader for paediatric OT / PT, and supported by the Therapy services manager. They will also work closely with our Speech and Language therapists, other health and educational professionals and our therapy support team.
The service provides uni-professional and multidisciplinary occupational therapy for children and young people up to the age of 19 years. The post holder will contribute to quality improvement planning, implementation of service developments, and work collaboratively with the Occupational Therapy Professional lead, health and education colleagues both internally as well as across the wider Bradford and Craven Health and Care partnership and in regional forums.
A development post at Band 6/7 may be considered for the right candidate.
The post holder will be expected to provide a high standard of highly specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment interventions working as an autonomous practitioner in the Children's Therapies services.
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They will provide clinical leadership and supervision for the paediatric OT team. They will give operational support and provide clinical expert knowledge to the team lead, Children's therapies service manager and other stakeholders relating to service development, statutory responsibilities and operational activities, both internally and in the wider system.
Children's Therapies is in the Therapies and Dietetics Directorate. There is a Trust-wide OT professional lead, and a Chief AHP. We have close links with other Children's services within Bradford and Craven, and West Yorkshire.
We are always looking for innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. Virtual and blended pathways are supported across the Trust. Community matters to us and we have strong links with our local community partnerships. We maintain strong links with local universities and colleges to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future. System partnerships are well developed.
We offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:


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- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
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Our Values
We understand that it’s the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Alison Rohatynskyj
- Job title: Childrens Therapies Manager
- Email address: a.rohatynskyj@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01535 292821
Alternative Contact:
- Name: Ann Jourdain
- Job title: Team lead for Paediatric Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
- Telephone number: 01535 292821
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