Occupational Therapist & Therapies Lead

NHS Jobs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue Light Card Discounts

Health cash plan

Gym membership

Bike2Work scheme

Wellbeing support

Pension scheme (NHS or Acorns)

Annual leave increases with service

Job summary

Acorns Children's Hospice is looking for an Occupational Therapist and Therapies Lead to shape and develop our therapy services across the organisation. In this newly created role, you'll lead the therapy teams across Walsall, Worcester and Birmingham to ensure families receive compassionate care.

You will oversee OT assessments and interventions, support postural management and equipment, and help implement a vision for the AHP programme with strong data for quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Degree in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration.
• Experience providing OT assessment and intervention to children and young people.
• Experience leading audit or quality improvement programmes.

Responsibilities

• Provide line management to the therapy teams.
• Deliver OT assessment, treatment and advice to children and families.
• Advise on postural management, equipment and independence.
• Develop and communicate a vision for the AHP programme.
• Produce qualitative and quantitative data to evidence service quality.

Skills

Line management

OT assessment

AHP leadership

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Acorns Children's Hospice is looking for an Occupational Therapist and Therapies Lead to help shape and develop our therapy services across the organisation.

In this newly created role, you'll work in partnership with our Advanced Clinical Practitioner for Allied Health Professionals, leading the development and delivery of high-quality AHP services across Acorns. You'll also lead and support our therapy team across our hospices in Walsall, Worcester and Birmingham, ensuring families receive exceptional, compassionate care wherever they access our services.

About the Role

At Acorns Children’s Hospice, we provide specialist palliative care for children, and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, and we support their families through every step of their journey, and through transition.

As Occupational Therapist and Therapies Lead, you will:

• Provide line management to the therapy teams
• Provide OT assessment, treatment, intervention and advice to babies, children, young people and their families living with life limiting and life-threatening conditions in both hospice and community settings
• Provide Occupational Therapy expertise to the Care team and advise team members on how to support OT goals within moment-to-moment care, including advising on 24-hour postural management, equipment to support posture and independence in daily living (e.g. sleep, seating and bathing) and support for sensory needs.
• Collaborate in the development and communication of a vision for the AHP programme including therapies within Acorns, to increase AHP voice, visibility and impact
• Produce and evaluate qualitative and quantitative data from the services offered to evidence the quality of the AHP services provided by Acorns.

About You

• Degree/qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Experience of providing assessment and intervention to children and young people with complex needs
• Experience of leading audit/quality improvement programmes

What We Offer

£46,920 to £56,515 per annum (pro rata. £37,536 to £45,212 for part time hours)

30 hours per week over 4 days

Working across our hospices in Walsall, Worcester and Birmingham

• Employee discounts from leading retailers – including the Blue Light Card Discounts on refurbished tech Health cash plan Gym membership and equipment discount scheme Bike2Work scheme - save up to 42% on bikes and equipment Wellbeing, legal and financial support
• Career development through our Acorns Academy offering leadership, coaching, fundraising, clinical training and more.
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan (7.5%) or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme
• Annual leave entitlement increases with length of service

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.

As a UNICEF Gold Rights Respecting organisation, we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Children’s Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.