Band 5 Paediatric Occupational Therapist

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Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Band 5 Paediatric Occupational Therapist. The role involves managing a caseload of children with various conditions, delivering assessments and interventions in community settings. Candidates should be newly qualified or experienced, with a strong commitment to collaborative working and excellent communication skills.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services for all employees

Flexible working where possible

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in an occupational therapy setting.
• Evidence of application of the OT process during practice placement in paediatrics and/or neurology and/or community.

Responsibilities

• Manage a defined caseload of children with various conditions.
• Assess and deliver OT programmes to children in community settings.
• Provide specialist OT advice to other professionals involved.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to communicate verbally

Knowledge of different conceptual models of practice in occupational therapy

Awareness of recent clinical developments

Sensitivity to the needs of individuals from minority groups

Education

Diploma / degree in Occupational Therapy

Registered Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council

Job description

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Soho Health Centre Town Birmingham Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 06/06/2025 23:59

Band 5 Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Band 5

Job overview

***Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may be closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon as possible***

Are you a newly qualified OT? Or an experienced Band 5 looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about collaborative working with children in community settings? Then this maybe the post for you.

Candidates should be enthusiastic and have excellent communication skills . They should be motivated to develop their skills for the benefit of children and families.

The work will involve assessments of children and delivering intervention in the form of prescribed Packages of Care. There will be opportunities available to deliver workshops to empower parents and support continuity of care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a defined caseload of children with a variety of conditions. These may include autism, neurological disabilities, functional difficulties and children with sensory processing difficulties. To be responsible for the assessment and on-going therapeutic management of children in community settings which may include, schools, nurseries, home visits and in community clinics. The post holder will competently assess and deliver OT programmes to children in the service and will be accountable for their own clinical work as well as to their nominated supervisor.

This is a community post, across the large city of Birmingham, with a caseload of children and young people with neurological and developmental conditions.

Our Occupational Therapists work with children aged 0 to 19 in community settings across Birmingham.

Working for our organisation

Be Part of Our Team...

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be responsible for a clinical caseload within the community/CDC and monitor own workload/ treatment methods in order to maintain high professional standards. To advise for Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy and Service Clinical Manager of related issues as appropriate.
• To be professionally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work, including the management of children on the caseload
• To assess and reassess the needs of the child, analysing and interpreting the information gathered to contribute to the diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan.
• To provide care plans to meet goals and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions using appropriate outcome measures and make any necessary modifications
• Develop intervention packages to be delivered as one to one sessions either by the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.
• To carry out nursery and/or home visits as appropriate teaching others to carry out activities as appropriate to support treatment goals.
• To provide specialist OT advice and suggestions to other professionals involved e.g. doctors, physiotherapists, nursery nurses, family support workers and speech and language therapists, etc.
• To assess, provide and monitor the use of aids and appliances, liaising with Occupational Therapists from the Disabled Children’s Social Care team and teach the parents about health and safety issues surrounding the equipment.
• Supervise treatment plans devised by the occupational therapist and undertaken by the occupational therapy assistant.
• To supervise OT students on practice placement.
• To communicate effectively and sensitively with children and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of the condition and its implications, at times where English may not be the first language. This will involve the use of a range of communication skills including persuasion, motivation, explanation and an understanding of alternative communication systems that may be used by the child, including sign language, gestures and other non-verbal methods.
• To communicate user-related information effectively to the multi-disciplinary team, including colleagues in Education, Social Care and Health and acute services to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated service.
• To contribute to the development of new service delivery model in order to facilitate the effective uses of resources and meet the current demand and changes.
• To be involved in different service development and clinical governance activities e.g. may lead clinical audits, undertake research etc. specific to setting
• To provide clinical cover for other therapists as appropriate

Person specification

Qualifications

• Diploma / degree in Occupational Therapy
• Registered Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council

Experience

• Relevant experience in an occupational therapy setting.
• Relevant Evidence of application of the OT process during practice placement in paediatrics and/or neurology and/or community.

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to communicate verbally in a manner appropriate to a variety of parties
• Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant ,concise, accurate and legible
• Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of individuals from minority groups
• Knowledge of different conceptual models of practice in occupational therapy.
• Awareness of recent clinical developments and professional issues
• Understanding of the relevance of the principles of clinical effectiveness

Personal Qualties

• Demonstrate an ability to be flexible and participate in a changing NHS environment

Other Job Requirements

• Ability to travel to various work locations
• Ability to work flexible hours
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Name Emma Gray Job title Team Leader for Occupational Therapy Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07935 701 146 Additional information

Carmel Kelly

SCM Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy

07967471358