Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-781-24-GH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Child Development Centre, Nottingham
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Band 5
Job overview
Would you like to work within a dedicated, passionate and supportive team offering opportunities to develop your skills in the varied role of Paediatric Occupational Therapy?
There are opportunities for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the team at the Community Children and Young Peoples Service Occupational Therapy Team.
The Children's Therapy service is made up of a skill mix of committed and forward thinking therapists including OT's, PT's, SLT'S , Nurses and Therapy Support Workers.
The team have a strong interdisciplinary ethos working jointly and in collaboration with colleagues, children and their families. There is an emphasis on showing compassion and respect to children and their families as well as to each other. The team pride themselves on being supportive and there is a robust supervision system in place as well as regular in service training opportunities.
This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period. This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust. This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
You will assess and treat children aged 0-18 years with a wide range of conditions including neurodevelopmental and functional co-ordination disorders. You will treat children and young people at the Children's Therapy Centres, mainstream and special schools and the child's home.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Working for our organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Responsibilities
- To work as part of the multi-disciplinary providing an integrated community children and young peoples health care service.
- To be professionally and legally accountable as an autonomous professional for all aspects of own work and that delegated to others.
- To manage a personal caseload , use therapeutic assessment for children and plan appropriate management and treatment using clinical reasoning skills and a range of therapeutic techniques
- To formulate a treatment plan using clinical reasoning
- To provide training for parents/informal and formal carers, education and social care staff
- To work effectively both independently with support of a senior clinician and as an effective team member .
- To ensure a high standard of clinical care by the use of evidence based practice and outcome measures, keeping up to date with clinical developments
- To support clinical education of Occupational Therapy students to ensure expected quality standards are met
- To provide support and supervision to support workers
- To maintain own CPD, participate in the Trust supervision and appraisal process and be responsible for maintaining own levels of competence .
- To be proactive in seeking support from senior colleagues and peers.
- To complete clinical records to Trust and HCPC standards
- To be personally accountable for maintaining skill, knowledge and
- competence in the use of SystmOne.
- To participate in documentation audits within the team
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
Training
Essential criteria
- Relevant paediatric training
Desirable criteria
- Practice Educator.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of paediatric conditions underpinned by theory and postgraduate courses as appropriate.
- Knowledge of other professional roles
Desirable criteria
- Evidence based practice
- Understanding of national and local priorities
Experience
Essential criteria
- Varied post graduate experience.
- Working as a member of a team
- Experience of management and treatment of paediatric patients
Desirable criteria
- NHS Experience
- Evidence of involvement in service development
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Effective team working
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to prioritise and manage workload and own caseload
- Ability to demonstrate clinical reasoning
- Reliable, motivated and flexible
- IT skills
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
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
- Rachel Perkins
- Job title
- Locality Lead OT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03001233387
- Additional information
Rachel. [email protected]
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