Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
An exciting band 7 clinical leadership opportunity has arisen for a qualified and experienced paediatric Occupational Therapist (OT) / Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) or Physiotherapist; leading the Child Development and Specialist Play teams within Children, Young People & Families Service Delivery Unit.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a highly advanced understanding of holistic child development in the early years and the wider system of SEND support.
The Child Development and Specialist Play services work with babies and pre-school children with significant development delay or a known medical condition/diagnosis who require a specialist approach.
The successful candidate would need to be prepared to work at all 3 Worcestershire Child Development Centres as appropriate and travel to deliver care to Worcestershire children within their homes.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have support from the senior management team but will need to be able to make management and clinical decisions with autonomy, guided by trust policies.
The service is undergoing a period of review and transformation; the successful candidate will be expected to work closely with the advanced clinical practitioner to ensure the quality and implementation of new initiatives. You will need to have recent experience of quality improvement, audit or research.
You will be responsible for the operational running of the child development centre service, including line management of the team, triage and management of the 3 child development centre sites.
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure clinical quality and outcomes of intervention.
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. It's why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
* Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Skills & Abilities
* Ability to challenge poor behaviour
* A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
* Ability to praise and be supportive to others
* Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Ability to work unsupervised
* Ability to handle a busy caseload
* Ability to pass on skills and knowledge to others
* Ability to handle difficult and emotional situations
* Able to work within a multidisciplinary team
* Good organisational skills
* Effective time management
* Creative approach to problem solving
* Lateral thinking
Additional Criteria
* Adaptable
* Confident
* Interest in continuing to develop skills and experience
* Able to meet the travel requirements of the role
Knowledge
* Interaction between LEA, Social Service and the Trust
* Knowledge and CPD of recent advances in treatments
* Audit and research
* Quality improvement methodology
* Management of budgets
Experience
* Minimum of 4 years postgraduate experience
* Recent paediatric clinical experience
* Leadership
* Working in community and domestic settings
* Supervision of a team
* Delivering clinical education to professional groups in a specialist area
* Management of complaints
Qualifications
* Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy/OT/SLT/Nursing
* Professional registration
* Post graduate course relevant to paediatrics
* Evidence of appropriate paediatric training
* Management training course
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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