B7 Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist

3 weeks ago

Chichester West Sussex, United Kingdom Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our MDT as a Band 7, based out of Westhampnett Child Development Centre in Chichester. We are looking for a highly motivated, dynamic and forwards thinking OT to support clinical leadership to a friendly, experienced OT team alongside their peer OT lead already in post. Your clinical work will support service delivery to children and young people from 0 to 19 years of age. Our work is variable and delivered across the outpatient clinic setting, patient homes, early years setting and schools.

You will be joining a highly experienced MDT, working closely with the medical team, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language therapists, children's nurses and specialist early years practitioners. We have a supportive and highly skilled administration team working alongside the post holder.

Our work involves close partnership liaison with external agencies including education and social care.

We will consider supporting a developmental role for B6 to B7 position.

Main duties of the job

Please see job description and person specification for full details, but below is a summary of main areas of work -

Clinical lead responsibilities for own complex caseload and support of OT colleagues to support their caseload management, including registered and unregistered workforce.

Service development and delivery of OT service for children and young people as per our service specification with the tiered model of service provision (targeted specialist and universal approaches). We are keen to develop innovations within these areas.

Supervision of others and own supervision planning e.g. peers and with your line manager and / or professional lead OT.

Liaison and working group involvement to develop the service across the wider SCFT child development service's i.e. sharing of good practice and innovation to benefit all CDCs.

Triaging of referrals

Managing wait times for your service

Planning and supporting appointment / clinic scheduling to run service delivery in an adaptive and responsive manner

Safeguarding

Delivery of In Service Training and receiving IST

Team meetings

Support CPD and pillars of practice in line with HCPC registration

Audit and quality improvement initiatives

Coordination of joint service delivery and innovations

Student placement support

Recruitment involvement for OT team

About us

Why work for us?

  • We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services working in supportive team environments, including medical, clinical, support and corporate services
  • Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results with compassionate culture and leadership, and support for staff wellbeing, scoring highly.
  • A variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county.
  • Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, and flexi retirement options.
  • Excellent training and development opportunities tailored to individuals.
  • Research opportunities
  • Cost-effective and convenient workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
  • Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
  • We are proud to be a Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces.
  • We are proud to be a Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
  • Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast.
  • Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our work involves close partnership liaison with external agencies including education and social care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential


  • Degree in Occupational Therapy
  • Registered with HCPC
  • Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio appropriate to specialist field

Desirable


  • Post registration qualification or training in specialist field

Skills

Essential


  • Articulate good communication skills
  • Confident presentation skills.
  • Ability to record information accurately and write reports
  • Excellent organisational skills.
  • Good IT skills
  • Excellent knowledge of specialist equipment for use within paediatrics
  • Excellent knowledge of assessment and treatment tools and specialist treatment approaches
  • Demonstrates working knowledge of relevant legislation such as Manual Handling, Health and Safety
  • Advanced clinical reasoning skills

Desirable


  • Ability to translate policies and research into clinical practice.
  • Competency and ability to assess and treat wide range of complex conditions within paediatrics
  • Undertaking Audits

Experience

Essential


  • At least 4 years post grad experience (for B7)
  • Experience of working with children or adolescents
  • Experience of working with children with complex neurological conditions
  • Ability to prioritise and plan own workload, meet deadlines and perform effectively under pressure
  • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and high-level understanding of team dynamics.
  • Experience of providing training and presenting information to colleagues in a transdisciplinary team.
  • Evidence of staff supervision and training.

Equal Opportunities

Essential


  • An excellent understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
  • Able to work flexibly to allow for attending parents evening and other occasional events.

Other

Essential


  • Car driver and full UK license

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Westhampnett Child Development Centre

Westhampnett Road

Chichester

PO19 7HH

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