Children's Occupational Therapist

2 weeks ago

Basingstoke, United Kingdom Solent NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Are you passionate about unlocking the potential of children and young people and supporting their families in their homes, schools and community life?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 occupational therapist to join our innovative and friendly Childrens therapy service team in north Hampshire. This post may be suitable for newly qualified occupational therapists and occupational therapists looking to gain experience in paediatrics.

The Occupational Therapy service promotes participation and functional activity of children and young people with varying needs in home, nurseries, special school, mainstream school and clinic settings. We are committed to putting patient care first and we are looking for dedicated professionals who share our HEART values and our passion for delivering high quality care.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing specialist, evidence-based and outcome focused assessment and intervention. You will support in the delivery of targeted interventions to parents and education settings to enable them to support children with additional needs. The team has a strong emphasis on occupationally focused, family centred and evidence based care and you will have the opportunity to gain skills in approaches such as; occupational performance coaching and cognitive orientation to occupational performance, bimanual therapy and constraint induced movement therapy.

You will need to have a degree in Occupational Therapy or be in the process of completing this and hold a professional registration with the HCPC or awaiting this. Previous experience working with children and /or experience of community, learning disabilities or neurology in a qualified occupational therapy role is desirable but not essential as the majority of the clinical caseload is supporting children with co-ordination difficulties and physical disabilities.

About us

We have been working with other local NHS Trusts to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust to be formed by July 2024.Project Fusion is the name for the programme to create the new combined NHS Foundation Trust. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be bringing the services into a single organisation will result in more consistent care, more equitable access to services irrespective of postcode, and a more sustainable workforce and services. The new organisation will operate locally to ensure services can best meet the needs of different new Trust will be comprised of all the services currently provided by Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, the community, mental health and learning disability services provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and child and adolescent mental health services delivered in parts of Hampshire by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.Colleagues will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) -- known as TUPE on 1st July 2024. TUPE is a legal process to ensure you transfer out of one organisation and into another, maintaining the terms and conditions of your employment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy Health and Care Professions Council registration.

Desirable

Registered member Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with service users where there may be barriers to understanding. Office/administration experience

Desirable

Experience of working with children/ young people/ families Experience of working in a changing environment

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