CYPS Occupational Therapist

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free car parking

27 days leave + bank holidays

NHS pension

Flexible working

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist in the Child and Young People’s Services. The post involves delivering high quality community-based assessment and interventions for children and families, with supervision and opportunities for professional development.

You will work across community, schools and homes, using digital tools like Attend Anywhere, and contribute to safeguarding and care planning in partnership with

Qualifications

• HCPC registration with a valid professional registration.
• Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Evidence of formal post graduate learning within CYPS field or skill.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic clinical assessments for children and young people (0-18 years) and families.
• Deliver treatment interventions with supervision from senior staff.
• Work across community, homes, schools and clinics using blended delivery including Attend Anywhere.
• Participate in CPD and continuing professional development.
• Maintain safeguarding and trauma-informed practice.

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Job overview

This post is fixed term for 12 months. The post holder will work in collaboration with team colleagues to deliver safe, efficient, high quality and effective services by providing strong clinical leadership and ensuring alignment of team based priorities with the Directorate and Trust priorities and values. The post holder will:

• Independently manage a specialist clinical caseload with support and supervision provided by senior staff via various methods e.g. face to face contact, email, telephone. This will include provide clinical assessment and the delivery of treatment programmes for children and young people with a diverse range of physical healthcare needs
• Consolidate undergraduate clinical experience, develop independent clinical practice, participating in continuing professional development
• Work within a variety of setting such as community, homes, schools, nurseries, hospital ward & designated Clinics. The service provides a blended offer of delivery including Face2Face and a digital offer (Attend Anywhere).

Main duties of the job

• Will w ork under the close supervision of a clinical supervisor as well as be supported by their designated line manager
• Provide a range of health care based assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18yrs) and their families/carers within the designated team. Provision will be in accordance to the application of a range of profession specific models of clinical practice. This will include:
• Providing a holistic clinical/health assessment and delivery intervention programmes for children and young people with a range of needs. Care planning will utilise a range of treatments, skills and options for use in both the home, community and school setting.
• Personalised and coproduction approach will be offered when working with families, parents and carers
• This includes consideration and identification of safeguarding needs and taking further action where required.
• Clinical care will take a trauma informed approach with knowledge and understanding of Adverse Child Experience (ACES) that may be impacting on presenting needs.
• Undertaking comprehensive assessment/formulation of children and young people (including diagnostic where required), using investigative, analytical and effective clinical reasoning skills. Demonstrating profession based core skills and competencies including effective clinical decision making and the ability to articulate rationale behind clinical decision making.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• As requested, to support continuous improvement of quality and clinical aspects of service provision through robust audit, Quality Improvement (QI), evaluation, system change and innovation . This will:
• Reflect local demographic & health needs and priorities and contributing to addressing and reducing health inequalities.
• Implement learning from successes, setbacks & continuous improvement cycles
• Champion inclusivity and the recognition that personalised care is key to meeting the range of differing needs of children and young people within Gloucestershire.
• Champion opportunities to develop digitally enabled care throughout the clinical pathway
• Contribute to the implementation of robust and reportable clinical outcome measures to enhance clinical service delivery
• Support the team as a Band 5 to ensure clinical delivery is managed through robust processes and pathways, including reflecting key principles and deliverables within the Care Aims Framework/ THRIVE/Levels of Intervention or other models of delivery
• Deputise for CYPS Band 6’s when required.
• Contribute to providing out of hours services if requested by CYPS Management
• As delegated, to complete tasks including audit, “deep dive” or other evaluative review.
• Uphold team/service based Standard Operational Procedures/Operational Handbooks
• Be accountable for maintaining and developing own profession based skills, knowledge & core competencies by specific standards and Code of Conduct. This will be through regular continuing professional development (CPD) activities including reflective practice, maintenance of a personal portfolio and the attendance of relevant training courses as identified within annual appraisal process

A valid Driving Licence is essential for this post.

Other Requirements

• A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential
• Some experience and/or knowledge regarding delivering evidence based/ best practice clinical interventions within childrens community healthcare setting
• Awareness and some experience of working across agencies and demonstrate commitment to partnership working with all key stakeholders

Qualifications

• Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CYPS field or skill

When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:

• Free car parking at many of our sites
• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
• A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours
• Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities
• Recognition and long service awards
• Fast Track physiotherapy
• Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.

If you are aged 16-30, you may be eligible for financial and pastoral support from the King’s Trust, with who we are in partnership with to support your first 6 months in role. We will pass on your details to the King’s Trust who will be in touch with you if you are eligible. If you would rather not be contacted, please let us know.

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.

Name Katie Nixon Job title CYPS Occupational Therapy Head of Service Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0300 4216988