CYP Occupational Therapy Service Manager London, England
Job description
Central London Community Healthcare is excited to be advertising for a Children’s Occupational Therapy Service Manager to join the trust in Brent.
You will provide sound leadership and day to day operational management of the children’s OT service across community and mainstream schools, lead on service/clinical pathway development projects and work collaboratively with other clinical leaders within OT and the wider MDT network as well as the local authority and integrated care system. You will support the ongoing development of both clinical and leadership skills within the children’s OT team.
There are exciting opportunities to lead on quality improvement and transformation projects within the service, supported by the trust’s Quality Improvement Team with CPD opportunities to develop your own skills in these areas. The team are currently working on QI projects aimed at reducing health inequalities' and increasing parent/carer involvement in the CYP's care.
You will be based at Chalkhill Primary Centre in Wembley, working closely with colleagues from Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, Children’s Community Nursing and the paediatric medical team.
You will be supported by the Clinical Service Manager for Specialist Services (SLT, OT, PT and the medical team) and the Head of Clinical Services for Brent Children as well the team leads for other children’s services.
If you are an experienced OT manager looking for a new challenge or an
experienced Band 7 children’s OT looking to move into a management role, then this could be the job for you.
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London – (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
We have a number of staff networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN), Race Equality Network and the Rainbow Network which supports LGBT+ staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
- The Service Manager will co-ordinate, manage and be accountable for the day to day running of the Children and Young People’s OT team in the Outer North West London Clinical Business Unit (ONWL CBU)
- To provide strong clinical and professional leadership for the OT team in partnership with the other Service Managers to ensure that joint objectives are realised
- The Service Manager will work collaboratively with the designated safeguarding nurse to ensure that systems are in place throughout the service for the protection of children.
