Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Heywood; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working

Annual leave

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting five Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join the Paediatric OT team as part of the Experts of Hand Model. This role provides universal, targeted and specialist advice to children in schools, clinics, homes and family hubs across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.

You will carry out holistic assessments, develop and evaluate treatment plans for children with neurodevelopmental and learning disabilities, working across home, school and

Responsibilities

• Carry out holistic assessment of children's needs and develop, implement and evaluate treatment programmes across home, school and community settings.
• Assess equipment needs for posture, function and care and set up and review equipment for the caseload.
• Communicate with other teams, parents and children, often handling sensitive information regarding therapy and outcomes.
• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team across health, education and social services to ensure high levels of child care.
• Contribute to Education and Health care plan processes and remain vigilant to safeguarding concerns.
• Support senior team members in delivering evidence-based, child-centred care.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner, managing own caseload and maintaining accurate records.

Job description

Following the Government proposal regarding the SEND reform, we have an exciting opportunity for 5 Band 5 Occupational Therapists to join our Paediatric OT team as part of the Experts of Hand Model.

This role is the perfect opportunity for enthusiastic Occupational Therapists to provide universal, targeted and specialist advice to children in a variety of settings, including schools, clinics, homes and family hubs across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale.

This will include providing advice and education to children, parents/families and educational staff. Training other professionals in Occupational Therapy and the areas OT can help with. Signposting to other services in the area.

The successful candidate will join a well established, supportive and knowledgeable Children's Occupational Therapy service that sits within the wider Children's Integrated Community Health Service. With lots of opportunities to develop as a clinician.

• You will work as a member of the Paediatric Therapy and wider MDT. Utilising the Thrive model to provide Occupational Therapy interventions to children in Salford with the aim of maximising their abilities to engage in meaningful everyday activities.
• Carry out holistic assessment of children’s needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of treatment programmes, for children with a range of difficulties and disabilities, on your caseload; within home, school and community settings. These will include children with Neurodevelopmental, developmental, genetic and learning disabilities.
• Assess for equipment to support, posture, function and care needs of your designated caseload and to set up and review this equipment.
• Communicate with other teams and agencies, parents and children in an appropriate manner, often with sensitive information regarding therapy and outcomes.
• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team across health, education and social services to ensure a high level of child care.
• Contribute to the Education and Health care plan process and to be vigilant to any safeguarding concerns.
• Support senior members of the team in delivering evidence based children centred care.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner being professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your work, managing own delegated caseload and maintaining patient and own records.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stefanie Hampson Job title: HMR Children's OT and Physiotherapy Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 206 0606

Please note that my working hours are Monday - Thursday 9.30-5.30 and Fridays 9.30-1.30