Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist
7 days ago
Job summary
If you feel you don't have all the knowledge and experience required for this post we would still very much encourage you to contact the service to discuss your position further, we would consider a band 5 to 6 progression post.
This is an exciting period of development within the service and there may be opportunities to develop more support with sensory processing within the Stockport area.
Stockport Community Children's Occupational Therapy service has undergone an exciting period of transformation, resulting in reduced waiting times for those referred to the service.
The team's current focus is to ensure a high quality service is delivered to those children and their families who are experiencing physical health difficulties, which impacts on their day to day function.
Job Summary:To provide a specialist OT service to the children referred to the service.
To work as a member of a team, providing specialist assessment, diagnosis and treatment for children with varied and complex difficulties.
To liaise with health, education and social services, working in partnership with primary carers and external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high quality service
To provide a specialist service to children either in their own homes or nurseries, mainstream schools, Resource Units and Special Schools and clinics with a range of complex special needs as required.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To follow appropriate clinical guidelines and patient pathways, assessing and treating children with a range of functional needs.
To act as a point of contact for colleagues and other professionals in your specialist area.
To perform therapeutic assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex physical conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised treatment programme.
To be responsible for your own caseload and a defined area of the service, and provide support/supervision/training to colleagues working in your specialist area.
To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
Supervise, educate and assess the performance of Students (this would be to a graduate standard and involve working with universities to ensure the standard of practice and teaching meets the standards set by the degree level qualification).
Undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team's clinical practice within each rotation. Make recommendations to clinical team leader for changes to practice. May lead the implementation of specific changes to practice or contribute to service guidelines.
To provide support and training to internal and external agencies, education staff, health professionals and family members.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays NHS pension scheme membership Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further NHS Staff discounts Cycle to work scheme Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description and person specification for more information related to the duties and responsibilities of this post.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £ This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salaryIn addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy Registration with the Health Care Professions Council Membership of RCOT Evidence of continuous and current clinical, professional, leadership and academic development relevant to clinical fields. Clinical Educators/Field worker course or equivalent
Desirable
Upper limb intervention training Constraint Induced Movement therapy, Bimanual Therapy
Knowledge
Essential
Knowledge of a range of relevant conditions and their management related to this clinical area An understanding of Clinical governance and evidence based practice.
Desirable
Use Person specification to score 0 for no evidence of essential requirements, 1 for some evidence and 2 for good evidence
Experience
Essential
Broad base of clinical experience prior to specialising Experience of multi-disciplinary working Experience of effective team working across settings
Desirable
Use Person specification to score 0 for no evidence of essential requirements, 1 for some evidence and 2 for good evidence
Skills and Abilities
Essential
Use Person specification to score 0 for no evidence of essential requirements, 1 for some evidence and 2 for good evidence
Desirable
Use Person specification to score 0 for no evidence of desirable requirements, 1 for some evidence and 2 for good evidence
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
Evidence of being fit to fulfil work related duties, or reasonable adjustments can be made.
Desirable
Use Person specification to score 0 for no evidence of essential requirements, 1 for evidenced essential requirements-
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