Children'S Occupational Therapist

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join a forward-thinking, innovative team delivering client-centred and occupation-centred care. Based at Mile End Hospital, you will work with Speech and Language Therapists, Paediatricians and Physiotherapists to serve children and young people with developmental and medical needs, in homes, schools and communities.

The role offers clinical supervision, in-service training and CPD opportunities, with flexible working options

Qualifications

• Essential: Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
• Essential: HCPC registered.
• Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Essential: Evidence of relevant postgraduate education and CPD.

Responsibilities

• Provide client centred specialist Occupational Therapy input to children and young people with developmental disabilities or other medical conditions affecting their occupational performance.
• Support for other professionals, educational staff, parents and carers involved in addressing occupational performance issues in the community.

Skills

CPD evidence

Multidisciplinary working

Client centred practice

Education

HCPC registration

Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to work in our forward thinking and innovative team delivering client centred and occupation- centred care. Based in our friendly team, you will be part of the team working alongside Speech and Language Therapists, Paediatricians and Physiotherapists based at Mile End Hospital. We follow an integrated model of delivering therapy services to children and young people. You will see children with a wide range of developmental difficulties (Physical, Learning and Autism) at homes and in mainstream and special schools. You will also be required to take part in delivering Parent Workshops and trainings.

Clinical supervision, in-service training, quality improvement projects and CPD opportunities will be offered to progress your skill development as a therapist.

Applications for flexible working will be considered

Feel free to contact Clinical Lead Katherine Gough or Frances Badenhorst [e-mail] [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

• To provide client centered specialist Occupational Therapy advice and input to children and young people with developmental disabilities or other medical conditions affecting their occupational performance using the best available evidence base.
• To provide advice and support for other professionals, educational staff, parents and carers involved in addressing the occupational performance issues of children with a range of needs in the community.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registered
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of relevant postgraduate education and CPD

Desirable

• COOP training
• Coaching training
• OCP
• Splinting training

Experience

Essential

• General post graduate occupational therapy experience of delivering therapy within an occupational performance framework
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working

Desirable

• Experience of working with children with developmental or other medical conditions
• Experience of service development
• Experience of working in schools/hospitals/community

Knowledge

Essential

• To demonstrate an awareness of professional practice issues in the field of children's occupational therapy and/or new research/evidence.
• Understand the legal responsibilities of the profession
• Awareness of current professional areas.

Desirable

• Member of relevant specialist section(s)
• Knowledge and experience of working with children and young people.
• Knowledge of the current national policy and legal context for children with disabilities
• Knowledge of essentials of client centred practice
• Knowledge of essentials in delivering a quality service

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).