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Job overview

The Children’s Therapies Team is an integrated therapies team providing Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Specialist Nurse Advisors and Care Co-ordinators to children 0 – 19 years within KCHFT.

This vacancy is within the NorthWest Kent Team based covering the Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Maidstone and Dartford and Gravesham areas. The successful applicant will join other Clinical Leads and Team Leads in NorthWest Kent and will join the network of Clinical Leads working in the Children’s Therapies Service across Kent. 

We work closely with colleagues from other health, education and social care teams to provide an integrated team around the child approach.

The post will cover is primarily a School Years caseload for 22.5 hours a week (0.60 wte)  

The interviews will be held on Wednesday 24 July 2024

Main duties of the job

To co-ordinate and lead the neurodiversity specialism across NorthWest Kent

To lead on service policy and clinical care pathways across the service in this specialist clinical area

To report to and advise on development requirements in this specialist area to Professional Leads, Team Leads, Locality Clinical Manager and/or Head of Service

To be responsible for delegated line management and supervision of staff within the team

To ensure staff have regular access to effective supervision, training and support to enhance their CPD in this area

To advise on development requirements in this specialist area to Professional Leads, Team Leads, Locality Clinical Manager and/or Head of Service

On a day to day basis you will manage a complex /specialist clinical caseload within the School Years Occupational Therapy team in order to support children with a range of needs to participate in occupations of childhood

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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