Lead Occupational Therapist – Children & Family

Children and Family Health Devon; Totnes; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Children and Family Health Devon is recruiting a 0.7 wte Specialist Occupational Therapist to lead the Experts at Hand service, delivering expert OT assessment and targeted interventions for children with complex needs in Devon. You will mentor OT staff and collaborate across pathways to build capacity in early years, schools and post-16 settings.

The role offers a leadership element in shaping this pilot service as it scales, with opportunities to influence service development, implementation,

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of child development
• Advanced training in specialist clinical area
• Audit and quality improvement training
• Experience of working as part of a professional team and multidisciplinary team
• Skilled in risk management
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Experience of presenting complex information to staff and senior management
• Experience of implementing changes in service design and delivery both profession specific and in a multidisciplinary environment
• Understand legal responsibilities of the profession, and health and social care delivery
• Knowledge of NSFs, local government, and health policies and procedures, safeguarding adult
• Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Experience of managing patients with a range of complex conditions
• Experience in specialist assessment relevant to your specialist field
• Clear evidence of high level of professional skills within a specialist health or social care setting
• Experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults and/or children
• High level of knowledge of a broad range of relevant conditions and proven experience of delivering evidence-based practice
• Knowledge of the clinical guidelines, and experience of implementing these recommendations in practice
• Complaints management and resolution
• Ability to write and present a business case
• Ability to analyse data
• Use of team-based working to promote change and development

Responsibilities

• Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
• Provide Specialist OT assessment and intervention for a caseload of complex cases
• Provide support and clinical supervision to OT staff across CFHD
• Work within the Physical and Sensory Pathway providing support to Occupational Therapists working across a range of pathways
• Screen and triage referrals and ensure a strengths-based approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to support the complex packages of care for children with additional needs in the community
• Contribute to risk assessment and care planning in collaboration with children, young people and their carers
• Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, advice and interventions to children, young people and their families and to hold a caseload of children with complex needs
• Provide case management of an identified caseload of children and young people with highly complex long-term conditions and complex needs by utilising and promoting evidence-based care

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning

Risk management

Team collaboration

Audit and quality improvement

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Leadership

Pediatric development knowledge

Education

BSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

CPD portfolio

Postgraduate leadership certificate

MSc in relevant clinical area

Job description

Children and Family Health Devon is recruiting a 0.7 wte Specialist Occupational Therapist to lead the Experts at Hand service, delivering expert OT assessment and targeted interventions for children with complex needs in Devon. You will mentor OT staff and collaborate across pathways to build capacity in early years, schools and post-16 settings.

The role offers a leadership element in shaping this pilot service as it scales, with opportunities to influence service development, implementation,