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At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Job overview
The post holder will work in collaboration with team colleagues to deliver safe, efficient, high quality and effective services by providing strong clinical leadership and ensuring alignment of team based priorities with the Directorate and Trust priorities and values.
The post holder will:
1. Independently manage a specialist clinical caseload with support and supervision provided by senior staff via various methods e.g. face to face contact, email, telephone. This will include providing clinical assessment and the delivery of treatment programmes for children and young people with a diverse range of physical healthcare needs.
2. Consolidate undergraduate clinical experience, develop independent clinical practice, participating in continuing professional development.
3. Work within a variety of settings such as community, homes, schools, nurseries, hospital wards & designated Clinics. The service provides a blended offer of delivery including Face2Face and a digital offer (Attend Anywhere).
Gloucestershire has a population of approximately 137,000 children and young people which is 22.9% of the total county population. As part of an integrated Directorate, Children & Young People’s Service (CYPS) covers 32 areas of different service delivery, covering both mental health, physical health and learning disabilities to support children and young people from birth until they fully transition to adult services.
A valid Driving Licence is essential for this post.
Main duties of the job
* Will work under the close supervision of a clinical supervisor as well as be supported by their designated line manager.
* Provide a range of health care based assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people (0-18yrs) and their families/carers within the designated team. Provision will be in accordance to the application of a range of profession specific models of clinical practice. This will include:
* Providing a holistic clinical/health assessment and delivery intervention programmes for children and young people with a range of needs. Care planning will utilise a range of treatments, skills and options for use in both the home, community and school setting.
* Personalised and coproduction approach will be offered when working with families, parents and carers.
* This includes consideration and identification of safeguarding needs and taking further action where required.
* Clinical care will take a trauma informed approach with knowledge and understanding of Adverse Child Experience (ACES) that may be impacting on presenting needs.
* Undertaking comprehensive assessment/formulation of children and young people (including diagnostic where required), using investigative, analytical and effective clinical reasoning skills. Demonstrating profession based core skills and competencies including effective clinical decision making and the ability to articulate rationale behind clinical decision making.
Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
* 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
* 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
* 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
* 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative.
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
CYPS Occupational Therapy (OT) includes the Home Safety Team and supports children and young people aged 0-18 years old (19 years if in education) within Gloucestershire.
The service has a countywide remit and operates within a locality structure. Key bases are in Cheltenham, Gloucester with some satellite clinical provision in rural localities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* As requested, to support continuous improvement of quality and clinical aspects of service provision through robust audit, Quality Improvement (QI), evaluation, system change and innovation. This will:
* Reflect local demographic & health needs and priorities and contributing to addressing and reducing health inequalities.
* Implement learning from successes, setbacks & continuous improvement cycles.
* Champion inclusivity and the recognition that personalised care is key to meeting the range of differing needs of children and young people within Gloucestershire.
* Champion opportunities to develop digitally enabled care throughout the clinical pathway.
* Contribute to the implementation of robust and reportable clinical outcome measures to enhance clinical service delivery.
* Support the team as a Band 5 to ensure clinical delivery is managed through robust processes and pathways, including reflecting key principles and deliverables within the Care Aims Framework/ THRIVE/Levels of Intervention or other models of delivery.
* Deputise for CYPS Band 6’s when required.
* Contribute to providing out of hours services if requested by CYPS Management.
* As delegated, to complete tasks including audit, “deep dive” or other evaluative review.
* Uphold team/service based Standard Operational Procedures/Operational Handbooks.
* Be accountable for maintaining and developing own profession based skills, knowledge & core competencies by specific standards and Code of Conduct. This will be through regular continuing professional development (CPD) activities including reflective practice, maintenance of a personal portfolio and the attendance of relevant training courses as identified within annual appraisal process.
Person specification
Other Requirements
* A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential.
Qualifications
* Registered Occupational Therapist and be registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites.
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service.
* A broad range of training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships up to Level 7 qualification.
* A multi-professional preceptorship programme for all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners.
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when if you work unsocial hours.
* Flexible, family friendly and agile working opportunities.
* Recognition and long service awards.
* Fast Track physiotherapy.
* Access to discounts and salary sacrifice schemes; including Cycle to Work, Car scheme and discounts on travel, leisure and retailers.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
For more information please see the attached 'Additional Information for Applicants' document.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Jo McKenna Job title Clinical Team Lead Occupational Therapist Email address jo.mckenna@ghc.nhs.uk Telephone number 0300 4216988
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