Paediatric Specialist Occupational Therapist

Paediatric Specialist Occupational Therapist

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Are you passionate about Children's occupational therapy? Then look no further than our Band 6 Paediatric post!

The post will offer you the opportunity to continue to develop your skills in a range of assessment and intervention with children and young people within the Cwm Taf Morgannwg population.

The post holder will be based at the Children Centre, Carnegie Clinic, however will have the opportunity to work across our other sites delivering robust intervention to a complex and varied caseload.

Although the post holder will be based at Carnegie Clinic, you will have the opportunity to develop skills by working across other health authority sites and will be required to work in a variety of community settings: clinics, schools, nurseries, and clients' homes.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will manage a complex and varied caseload, assessing, identifying, planning, and providing highly specialist occupational therapy (OT) interventions for children with disabilities/developmental problems. The post holder will implement the treatment plan with autonomy; taking sole responsibility for the patient's safety when undertaking home visits, school, and community work, and maintain clinical records in accordance with legal requirements and professional standards.

The post holder will provide leadership for junior staff, support staff, and contribute to their development as a delegated supervisor, and regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.

They will work in partnership across the primary/secondary care interface with voluntary organisations, local authority, and other appropriate health and social care sectors.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary, and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Knowledge

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy. Post graduate training/accreditation in fieldwork education. Registered member of the HCPC.
• Post-graduate training in the area related to Paediatric OT. Management qualifications e.g. ILM.

Experience

• Postgraduate clinical experience, with post graduate clinical experience in Paediatric OT. Extensive clinical experience including group and individual Paediatric intervention. Experience of research and audit. Experience of applying professional theory to practice. Experience of delivering training and education to support staff. Experience of supervision. Experience in a range of Paediatric settings e.g. home, schools, community.
• Awareness of current professional issues. Ability to use reflective practice based on current evidence. Experience of advising/teaching other professions. Experience of presenting information to a variety of audiences. Experience of cross organisational working.

Aptitude and Abilities Skills

• Ability to work well under pressure within a multi/interdisciplinary team. Ability to work within a team and develop team working. Presentation skills. Able to present and interpret data. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance. Well-developed written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate in a way which will neither offend nor antagonise. Autonomous practitioner with excellent personal organisational skills for caseload management, including time management and prioritisation skills.
• The ability to speak or learn Welsh to a satisfactory level.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.