Band 6 Paediatric Occupational Therapist

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider in Birmingham seeks a Band 6 Paediatric Occupational Therapist to provide targeted therapeutic interventions for children with developmental needs. The role involves collaboration within multi-agency teams and offering clinical expertise to families and educators. Ideal candidates will hold an Occupational Therapy degree and be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, with a strong background in working with children in educational settings.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Access to specialist clinical support

Opportunities for career progression

Qualifications

• Must have significant post registration experience.
• Relevant training/short courses in specialist area such as Sensory-Integration.
• Experience working with children in educational/multi-professional settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide Occupational Therapy intervention at a specialist and targeted level.
• Develop and implement treatment plans to meet clients' needs.
• Work as part of multi-agency teams providing support for children.

Skills

Evidence-based clinical decision-making

Communication and interpersonal skills

Knowledge of safeguarding processes

Ability to reflect on clinical practice

Education

Occupational Therapy Diploma or Degree

Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Band 6 Paediatric Occupational Therapist

We are delighted to be able to offer a committed and experienced clinician the opportunity to join our children's community service. This is a community post, across the large city of Birmingham, with a caseload of children and young people with neurological and developmental conditions. We would like to recruit an individual who has a keen interest in working with children and families within the community and as part of a multi agency team.

The work will primarily involve a combination of clinic based assessments delivering intervention in the form of prescribed Packages of Care.

The successful candidate will contribute to the development of the OT service alongside colleagues and the Service Clinical Manager for Paediatric OT. You will also have responsibility for supervision of designated staff.

We work across the whole City, within a range of community/educational settings, thus requiring successful applicants to demonstrate a high level of flexibility.

We value our OTs within the team and advocate career progression internally. We encourage our OTs to contribute to service development, and we value new ideas and experiences.

We offer a supportive working environment with access to specialist clinical support, and an emphasis on sharing good practice through effective team working.

Access to reliable transport or means of travel is essential. The post-holder may be required to transport items of therapy equipment on a regular basis.

Main duties of the job

To provide Occupational Therapy intervention at a specialist, targeted and universal level, functioning as an integral member of multi-professional team to support in the holistic assessment, diagnosis and intervention of children and young people according to agreed pathways.

To contribute towards ensuring children and young people with additional needs gain access to a broad, balanced and relevant education, whilst also having their exceptional needs met in an inclusive way.

Provide a source of clinical expertise/advice and guidance for families, carers, educational settings and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

To maintain, develop and promote excellence in clinical practice, with reference to current research and evidence-based practice,contributing to safe effective practice, alongside the service clinical leads.

To develop and maintain effective working relationships with parents / carers and other stakeholders, using negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills.

About us

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

Job responsibilities

• Carrying out Occupational Therapy at a universal, targeted and specialist level. This includes assessments, developing and implementing a range of programmes of care and treatment, to meet the needs of the clients, schools, families and their environments, in accordance with agreed pathways and in line with the tired model of service delivery.
• Work as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including educational colleagues, providing Occupational Therapy intervention/support for children and young people.
• To provide care plans to meet goals and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions using appropriate outcome measures and make any necessary modifications
• Use specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments and decision making. Undertaking differential diagnosis of cases and contribute to overall decision-making for complex clients with a range of disorders as part of a team approach
• Enable and empower staff, parents/caregivers to identify childrens needs and provide strategies to help at the earliest opportunity.
• Provide training and bespoke clinical support to children and young people, early years/ school staff and parents/caregivers.
• Consult and work collaboratively with children and young people, parents, caregivers and school staff to problem solve functional difficulties
• Develop materials and intervention packages, to be delivered as group therapy and/or one to one sessions in line with the tiered model of service delivery.
• Attend meetings, with staff from the OT team or the wider multi-agency team, as required, to support early identification of need and give appropriate clinical advice
• Represent the local team/service area in appropriate meetings to support the planning and development of quality services across the city
• To carry out nursery/school and/or home visits as appropriate teaching/delegating to others to carry out activities as appropriate to support treatment goals.
• Assess, provide and monitor the use of therapeutic equipment as required. This will involve liaising with other agencies, teaching parents or carers about health and safety issues surrounding the equipment to enable its safe use

Person Specification

Qualifications / training

• Occupational Therapy Diploma or Degree.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Evidence of recent relevant CPD
• Relevant training/short courses in specialist area e.g. Sensory-Integration
• Full Membership of the College of Occupational Therapists.

Experience

• Must have significant post registration experience
• Relevant experience of working with children within an educational setting/multi professional
• Experience of working with children within an educational setting/multi professional team
• Knowledge of the use of special seating and ability to assess requirements.
• Relevant OT experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention with children
• Relevant experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes

Skills/knowledge

• Competent in using evidence base to inform clinical decisions
• Knowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and OTNCOs and School Leadership Teams
• Knowledge of the needs of a diverse social and ethnic population ip.
• Competent in supporting the collection and analysis of data, critiquing research to contribute to service development.
• IT literate and competent in the use of Microsoft office
• Can prioritise own workload
• Ability to reflect on clinical practice and initiate appropriate changes

Other job requirements

• Ability to deliver a number of clinical contacts/Packages of Care (POCs)/school contracts/training across the working week to meet service and patient needs
• Is able and willing to travel around the city.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Service Clinical Manager for OT and Physio