Employer North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Springboard CDC
Town Carlisle
Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 30/12/2024 23:59
Children's Occupational Therapist Band 5
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
26.25 hours per week
Are you a motivated and enthusiastic team player? If this is you then we would love to hear from you!
We are looking for a dynamic, flexible and forward thinking Occupational Therapist ideally with experience of working with children and young people with physical disabilities, to join the Children’s Community Occupational Therapy Team covering areas in North Cumbria, on a temporary basis.
The Occupational Therapy team enables children and young people with acute or chronic illness and/or disability to work toward meaningful occupation focused goals. They also work with those who support them, creating an environment in which they can succeed in reaching their full potential.
Within this post you will expected to work as a member of the Children’s Occupational Therapy Team delivering specialist advice to clients and carers, education settings, housing department and other professionals in relation to disability and housing needs for children and young people with disabilities. Using the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) as a framework, the Children’s Occupational Therapy service believes in using a top down, client-centred approach to address the meaningful occupations of the child or young person.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage a clinical caseload. This involves assessment, advising, planning, delivering and evaluating treatment for a wide range of children and young people in a range of settings. You will receive supervision and support from the Occupational Therapy team.
Our team provide an effective system of support and supervision, which may include 1:1, pair or group supervision, as well as participation with clinical networks, mentoring and other clinical learning opportunities. We offer excellent supervision, peer review and support for ongoing professional development offering regular CPD sessions. The team have active links to the Children and Young People’s Specialist section (CYPF).
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
The Trust will provide a twelve month preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.
Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.
· Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
· If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person specification
Qualifications
* HCPC registration
* Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
* Evidence of CPD
Knowledge & Experience
* Knowledge of a wide range of Occupational Therapy treatment techniques
* Some knowledge of the appropriate legislation relating to children
* Some knowledge of current NHS trends which influence service provision
* Some knowledge of a wide range or currently available specialist paediatric equipment
* Good verbal and written communication skills
* IT skills including word processing, e-mail and publisher skills
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Organisational skills demonstrated for example by the involvement in a particular project
Person Circumstances
* Ability to travel throughout Cumbria and elsewhere to represent the Directorate independently of public transport
Other requirements
* Equality and Diversity • Promote equality and value diversity (KSF Level 3)
* Student placement with relevant client group.
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 Catherine Knox Job title Integrated Team Manager - East Email address catherine.knox@ncic.nhs.uk Telephone number 07769282383
If you have problems applying, contact
Address South Parkhouse Building
Baron Way
Kingmoor Park
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 4SJ
Telephone 01228936281
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