Senior Occupational Therapist (Experts At Hand) - Cfhd

Devon Partnership Nhs Trust; North Tawton; Vor Ort; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Devon Partnership NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist in paediatrics to join the Experts at Hand programme within Children and Family Health Devon. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, provide supervision to Band 4/5 staff, and drive service development across Devon’s Children and Family Health pathways.

You will work across home, school and community settings, delivering high-quality evidence-based interventions, and contribute to workforce development and

Qualifikationen

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• HCPC registration with current status.
• Degree in Occupational Therapy is required.
• Diploma level specialist training or experience is desirable.
• Post‑graduate courses in paediatric needs (e.g. Sensory training; ADOS, 3di) are advantageous.

Aufgaben

• Hold responsibility for assessment, clinical reasoning, intervention planning and management of a specialist caseload.
• Deliver specialist occupational therapy assessment, advice and intervention across home, education and community settings.
• Work with children, families, schools and partner agencies using strengths-based, goal-focused approaches.
• Support schools through consultation, coaching, modelling strategies, training and capacity-building.
• Deliver and evaluate targeted interventions using evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
• Provide specialist advice regarding equipment, environmental adaptations and statutory OT responsibilities.
• Work autonomously while managing clinical risk and complexity.
• Contribute to service development and ongoing Experts at Hand model.

Kenntnisse

Good written and verbal communication

Ausbildung

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Diploma level specialist training or experience

Post‑graduate certified courses specific to children’s needs

Jobbeschreibung

Job summary

Exciting Senior Children's Occupational Therapy Opportunities in Devon! Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) are seeking experienced and motivated Senior Occupational Therapists to join the innovative Experts at Hand programme. North Devon: 1.0 WTE These posts sit within CFHD's Physical and Sensory Pathway, a well-established multidisciplinary service bringing together Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Speech and Language Therapy to improve outcomes for children and young people across Devon. Successful applicants will help shape and deliver an innovative model of care through consultation, coaching, training and targeted intervention, supporting children, families, schools and professionals whilst remaining connected to established children's therapy services. We welcome applications from Occupational Therapists with paediatric experience and those bringing transferable skills from community, acute, rehabilitation, mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental or other specialist settings. You will join a supportive multidisciplinary team with access to supervision, peer support, professional leadership and excellent development opportunities. The role offers opportunities for specialist practice, service development, leadership experience, workforce development and career progression. Informal discussions, visits and shadowing opportunities are warmly welcomed.

Main duties of the job

• Hold responsibility for assessment, clinical reasoning, intervention planning and management of a specialist caseload.
• Deliver specialist occupational therapy assessment, advice and intervention across home, education and community settings.
• Work collaboratively with children, families, educational settings and partner agencies using strengths-based, goal-focused and evidence-based approaches.
• Support schools through consultation, coaching, modelling of strategies, training and capacity-building activities.
• Deliver and evaluate targeted interventions using evidence-based practice and routine outcome measures.
• Provide specialist advice regarding equipment, environmental adaptations and statutory occupational therapy responsibilities where appropriate.
• Work autonomously whilst managing clinical risk and complexity.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and the ongoing development of the Experts at Hand model.
• Provide supervision, mentoring and support to Band 4 and Band 5 staff, assistants and students.
• Support multidisciplinary working, workforce development and positive outcomes for children and young people.
• Work flexibly across localities and service areas to support service need and demand.

About us

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon. CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services. CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training. Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers. Our children and young people say We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Job 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.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration
• Diploma level specialist training or experience
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Post‑graduate certified courses specific to childrens needs (e.g. Sensory training; ADOS, 3di etc)
• Membership of professional body

Experience

Essential

• To work within trust clinical guidelines and Royal College of OT and HCPC standards
• To have working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own quality and safety of practice
• Extensive knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practice and specialist approaches
• Extensive knowledge of legislation affecting clinical practice such as manual handling, housing and SEND
• Knowledge and experience of a wide range of Occupational Therapy therapeutic interventions for children and young people including but not inclusive to: manual handling, specialist equipment, 24‑hour postural management, fine motor, sensory differences and housing adaptations
• Knowledge of a wide range of Occupational Therapy assessment tools appropriate to meet a wide range of needs in the paediatric population
• Knowledge and use of evidence‑based practice and outcome measures
• Well‑developed knowledge and understanding of legislation around SEND

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. Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).