occupational therapist London, England
Job description
This is a recently created post working within the multi-disciplinary team at Hackney Ark supporting the autism assessment and diagnostic clinics, and follow up support.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing dynamic team, we are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist with experience of working with autistic children and young people and who are passionate about providing high quality care for them and their families.
Please contact Sarah Jones on [email protected] or 0207 014 7025 if you have any questions about this post.
The Hackney Ark is a purpose built Child Development Centre and services work closely together to offer a joined up service to families. The service sees children with complex physical disabilities, autism, sensory processing difficulties, co-ordination difficulties and other conditions which affect the child’s function and occupational performance.
This post is specifically to support the autism diagnostic and assessment process, post diagnostic offer and lead on the the Universal, Targeted and Specialist offers for children with autism or sensory processing needs and their families in Hackney. You will be working alongside community paediatricians, speech and language therapists and clinical psychologists with supervision and support from a clinical lead occupational therapist within Hackney Ark.
We offer regular supervision as well as in house and external training and CPD opportunities.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of Outstanding from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
