Band 7 Occupational Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Clinical supervision

CPD support

Career progression

Service development opportunities

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking Band 7 Occupational Therapists for the Neurodevelopmental Team within Inclusion Services. The role focuses on specialist assessment and diagnosis of neurodivergent children, with clinical leadership for junior staff.

Post holders work across community settings, including some virtual assessments, in collaboration with education and local authority partners.

Qualifications

• First degree relevant to the service area.
• Post-graduate training in sensory integration or neurological rehabilitation.
• Training in clinical leadership.
• Evidence of recent CPD in the specialist area.
• Full membership of a relevant professional body.

Responsibilities

• Carry out specialist assessments and diagnosis, including standardised autism assessments.
• Develop and deliver individual and group care and treatment programmes.
• Make clinical judgements and discharge decisions for complex cases.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and mentoring to assistants, junior therapists and students.
• Manage complex cases with multidisciplinary colleagues and carers, including referrals and clinical risk.
• Triage referrals against service referral criteria.
• Assess, provide and monitor therapeutic equipment, teaching carers about its safe use.
• Advise parents and other professionals on the support needed at home and school.
• Lead audits and reviews of evidence, and contribute to outcome measurement and protocol development.
• Deliver training and second opinions in the specialist area.
• Contribute to service development, foreseeing risks and opportunities, and to service transformation.
• Assist or lead on the management of complaints and incidents at local level.

Skills

Electronic practice systems

Communicating complex information

Delivering professional training

Education

Bachelors in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Post-graduate training in sensory integration or neurological rehab

Clinical leadership training

Evidence of CPD in the specialist area

Job description

Several Band 7 occupational therapy posts in the Neurodevelopmental Team, within Inclusion Services at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on specialist assessment and diagnosis of children with neurodivergent conditions, especially autism, plus clinical leadership for junior staff. Post holders work across community settings, including some virtual assessments, alongside education and local authority partners. HCPC registration and extensive experience of complex caseloads are required.

What the job involves

• Carry out specialist assessments and diagnosis, including standardised autism assessments
• Develop and deliver individual and group care and treatment programmes in line with pathways
• Make clinical judgements and differential diagnoses for highly complex cases, including discharge decisions
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and mentoring to assistants, junior therapists and students
• Manage complex cases with multidisciplinary colleagues and carers, including referrals and clinical risk
• Triage referrals against service referral criteria
• Assess, provide and monitor therapeutic equipment, teaching carers about its safe use
• Advise parents and other professionals on the support needed at home and school
• Lead audits and reviews of evidence, and contribute to outcome measurement and protocol development
• Deliver training and second opinions in the specialist area
• Contribute to service development, foreseeing risks and opportunities, and to service transformation
• Assist or lead on the management of complaints and incidents at local level

What’s required

Qualifications

• First degree relevant to the service area
• Relevant post-graduate training in the specialist area, such as sensory integration or neurological rehabilitation
• Relevant training in clinical leadership
• Evidence of recent relevant CPD in the specialist area
• Full membership of a relevant professional body

Registration & licences

• HCPC licence to practise

Experience

• Extensive diagnostic assessment and intervention experience in the specialist area
• Extensive experience as a specialist therapist with children and families in multidisciplinary or multi-agency teams in local authority and health settings
• Extensive experience managing a mixed, complex caseload of children with developmental disorders and delays
• Significant experience managing safeguarding concerns, with understanding of local processes
• Relevant experience using leadership skills for service development
• Significant experience supporting and supervising colleagues and other professionals

Skills & knowledge

• Competent in electronic systems relevant to practice in the Trust and clinical area
• Extensive experience providing complex written and verbal information to a high standard
• Significant experience delivering effective training to qualified professionals in the specialism

Nice to have

• Master's post-graduate qualification relevant to the service area
• Full membership of a relevant professional body

What’s offered

• Clinical supervision through Senior Therapists and AHP Leads
• Support for CPD and continuing development
• Internal career progression encouraged
• Opportunity to contribute to service development and new ideas