Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Children's Occupational Therapist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
Full time
Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 166-FC-6817698
Site: Chesterfield Royal NHS Trust
Town: Chesterfield
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/01/2025 08:00
Interview date: 14/02/2025
Job overview As part of our ongoing development, our team is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced full-time Band 6 Children’s Occupational Therapist to join our enthusiastic and productive team, offering a high-quality service across North Derbyshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a cohesive and dynamic team, who are constantly looking to improve our services in line with developments in evidence-based practice.
Main duties of the job As a therapist working in a community setting, you will hold a caseload across our geographical area, supported by a band 7 therapist. Your role will be to evaluate and support the functional independence of children in a variety of settings, including mainstream and special schools. We have excellent links with other teams in Specialist Children’s Services, Education and Social Care and value working collaboratively with others to meet the needs of children and families. Your clinical duties will include devising programmes and setting goals to develop skills, assessment and provision of specialist equipment including seating and coaching and close liaison with parents, carers, and staff in educational settings. You will also be expected to contribute and support ongoing programmes of service developments and improvement.
You must be able to think creatively, work flexibly and independently as well as being a strong team player with excellent communication skills.
Working for our organisation You will work as part of a supportive and friendly team based in The Den, our purpose-built centre for Children’s Services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Our service supports children and young people from 0-19 who have functional difficulties associated with a physical disability or difficulty. We have a strong team identity and are working together to realise our vision of providing a sustainable, innovative, high-quality service across North Derbyshire. We are committed to supporting the professional development of those in our team, helping build skills and levels of responsibility.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Person specification Qualifications BSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
Membership of RCOT SS – Children Young People and Families
Skills Specialist knowledge of paediatric conditions and their impact on the child’s presentation and functional needs
Demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning
Good working knowledge of 24-hour postural care, including assessment/use of specialist equipment
Understanding of postural assessments such as AMI
Understanding of developmental care & importance of early intervention
Experience Knowledge of assessing need of children and young people and devising appropriate treatment plans, including the provision of specialist equipment
Experience of managing a paediatric caseload, including some children with complex needs.
Experience of working as part of a team to assist the development of service delivery
Knowledge of working in a variety of clinical settings (community, special schools &/or out-patients)
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Jennifer Sadler Job title: Team Lead for Children's Occupational Therapy Email address: jenny.sadler1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01246 514553
Opening hours:
8.30am-5pm, Monday-Friday
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Job overview As part of our ongoing development, our team is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced full-time Band 6 Children’s Occupational Therapist to join our enthusiastic and productive team, offering a high-quality service across North Derbyshire.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a cohesive and dynamic team, who are constantly looking to improve our services in line with developments in evidence-based practice.
Main duties of the job As a therapist working in a community setting, you will hold a caseload across our geographical area, supported by a band 7 therapist. Your role will be to evaluate and support the functional independence of children in a variety of settings, including mainstream and special schools. We have excellent links with other teams in Specialist Children’s Services, Education and Social Care and value working collaboratively with others to meet the needs of children and families. Your clinical duties will include devising programmes and setting goals to develop skills, assessment and provision of specialist equipment including seating and coaching and close liaison with parents, carers, and staff in educational settings. You will also be expected to contribute and support ongoing programmes of service developments and improvement.
You must be able to think creatively, work flexibly and independently as well as being a strong team player with excellent communication skills.
Working for our organisation You will work as part of a supportive and friendly team based in The Den, our purpose-built centre for Children’s Services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. Our service supports children and young people from 0-19 who have functional difficulties associated with a physical disability or difficulty. We have a strong team identity and are working together to realise our vision of providing a sustainable, innovative, high-quality service across North Derbyshire. We are committed to supporting the professional development of those in our team, helping build skills and levels of responsibility.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Person specification Qualifications BSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
Membership of RCOT SS – Children Young People and Families
Skills Specialist knowledge of paediatric conditions and their impact on the child’s presentation and functional needs
Demonstrate high level of clinical reasoning
Good working knowledge of 24-hour postural care, including assessment/use of specialist equipment
Understanding of postural assessments such as AMI
Understanding of developmental care & importance of early intervention
Experience Knowledge of assessing need of children and young people and devising appropriate treatment plans, including the provision of specialist equipment
Experience of managing a paediatric caseload, including some children with complex needs.
Experience of working as part of a team to assist the development of service delivery
Knowledge of working in a variety of clinical settings (community, special schools &/or out-patients)
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Jennifer Sadler Job title: Team Lead for Children's Occupational Therapy Email address: jenny.sadler1@nhs.net Telephone number: 01246 514553
Opening hours:
8.30am-5pm, Monday-Friday
#J-18808-Ljbffr
