Specialist Occupational Therapist & Children & Young People (Band 6)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; Steeton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is looking for an enthusiastic Paediatric Occupational Therapist to join a friendly team. The role involves working with children in various settings, assessing their needs, and delivering care in collaboration with other professionals. Candidates should have an Occupational Therapy degree and relevant experience with children. A supportive environment with great benefits is offered, including training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Cycle to Work

Travel Scheme

Childcare Vouchers

Onsite Nursery

Buying and Selling Annual Leave

Car Leasing

Employee Assistance Programme

Extensive Reward Scheme

Qualifications

• Recent experience working at band 5 level in Occupational Therapy.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team collaboration.
• Practice education experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess children and young people's needs for therapy and equipment.
• Deliver interventions and provide specialist equipment.
• Contribute to service governance and development.

Skills

Assessment and treatment skills

Excellent communication skills

Skills in the use of digital technology

Teamwork

Excellent planning and organizational skills

Negotiation and problem-solving skills

Analytical and reflective skills

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Registration with the Health Care Professions Council

Post grad CPD relevant to occupational therapy

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic Paediatric occupational therapist to join our small friendly team. We would like someone who is passionate about working with children and young people in outpatient and community settings, including patient homes, early years settings and schools (mainstream and specialist). We provide care that is evidence based and delivered with the child and family at the centre. So if you want to work as a Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist as part of a multidisciplinary team with physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and support workers, please get in touch. The role is open to those who have some NHS paediatric experience alongside transferrable skills and attributes from other roles.

Main Duties

• To assess children's and young people's needs for further occupational therapy interventions and equipment.
• To deliver interventions and provide specialist equipment for children and young people.
• To work flexibly and in an agile way to best meet the needs of the caseload.
• To follow clinical pathways and procedures relating to the service.
• To contribute to service governance and development.
• To fulfil statutory SEND responsibilities.
• To act within professional boundaries and access professional development.
• To ensure Occupational Therapy interventions are delivered in line with professional guidelines and evidence.
• To contribute to team, MDT service, OT professional, and AHP governance and development.
• To respond to and escalate issues, risks, adverse events, concerns and complaints as appropriate to scope of practice.

Working for our organisation

If you join us, you become a member of our friendly and supportive integrated team, with regular supervision, and opportunities for CPD, coaching and personal development. We are proud to be part of Airedale AHPs, our wider Trust family, and our extended partnerships across health, education, social care and third sector.

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our Values

• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
• Everyone Counts
• Respect and Dignity

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent pre-registration award in Occupational Therapy
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
• Post grad CPD relevant to occupational therapy
• Practice education

Experience

• Recent and relevant experience working in Occupational Therapy
• Recent and relevant experience working at band 5 level
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other professions and agencies including statutory, private and voluntary sector services
• Experienced in use of IT applications
• Experience of clinical supervision both as supervisee and supervisor
• Recent experience of student training

Knowledge

• Knowledge and clinical reasoning skills to support advanced clinical practice
• Knowledge of the roles of other professionals and the principles of partnership working
• Knowledge of clinical standards and ability to implement and audit these in the team
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance,
• Knowledge of the principles of student-centred learning and reflective practice
• Knowledge to promote and support equality and value diversity
• Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & ‘Understanding the New NHS’

Skills

• Assessment and treatment skills
• Skills to work well within a team
• Skills in the use digital technology
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Excellent communication and counselling skills including observation, listening and empathy
• Skills to be able to adjust style to suit the situation
• Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills in complex situations
• Excellent analytical and reflective skills
• Excellent presentation skills, both written and verbal, and ability to adjust style and content as appropriate
• Skills to be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Skills to maintain own professional development and quality of work
• Skills to support team leader with the organisation of services and projects

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