Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 820-6327387-CF
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Soho Health Centre
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Band 5
Job overview
Are you a newly qualified OT? Or an experienced Band 5 looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about collaborative working with children in community settings? Then this maybe the post for you.
Candidates should be enthusiastic and have excellent communication skills. They should be motivated to develop their skills for the benefit of children and families.
The work will involve assessments of children and delivering intervention in the form of prescribed Packages of Care. There will be opportunities available to deliver workshops to empower parents and support continuity of care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage a defined caseload of children with a variety of conditions. These may include autism, neurological disabilities, functional difficulties and children with sensory processing difficulties. To be responsible for the assessment and on-going therapeutic management of children in community settings which may include, schools, nurseries, home visits and in community clinics. The post holder will competently assess and deliver OT programmes to children in the service and will be accountable for their own clinical work as well as to their nominated supervisor.
This is a community post, across the large city of Birmingham, with a caseload of children and young people with neurological and developmental conditions.
Our Occupational Therapists work with children aged 0 to 19 in community settings across Birmingham.
Working for our organisation
IMPORTANT
· Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
· Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma / degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registered Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in an occupational therapy setting.
- Relevant Evidence of application of the OT process during practice placement in paediatrics and/or neurology and/or community.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate verbally in a manner appropriate to a variety of parties
- Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant ,concise, accurate and legible
- Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of individuals from minority groups
- Knowledge of different conceptual models of practice in occupational therapy.
- Awareness of recent clinical developments and professional issues
- Understanding of the relevance of the principles of clinical effectiveness
Personal Qualties
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an ability to be flexible and participate in a changing NHS environment
Other Job Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to various work locations
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carmel Kelly
- Job title
- SCM Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07967471358
- Additional information
Emma- Jayne Howell ‘Gray’
Senior Occupational Therapist and Team Leader for Occupational Therapy Team
Tel: 0121 466 5211
Internal: 65211
Mobile: 07935 701 146
Email: [email protected]
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