Child Development Centre and Specialist Play Team Lead
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
An exciting band 7 clinical leadership opportunity hasarisen for a HCPC or NMC registered professional, Paediatric OccupationalTherapy/Physiotherapy, Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy, Health Visitoror Child Development/Specialist Play, with extensive experience with childrenunder 5 with developmental delay and complex conditions.
At this time ofclinical innovation and change this is an opportunity to work with otherclinical teams to achieve a robust and balanced offer for under 5s with SENDand their families.
The successfulcandidate would need to be prepared to work at all 3 Worcestershire ChildDevelopment Centres as appropriate and travel to deliver care to Worcestershirechildren within their homes.
The successfulcandidate will have support from the senior management team but will need to beable to make management and clinical decisions with autonomy, guided by trustpolicies.
A secondment or job share may be considered -if you wish to be consideredfor a secondment please gain permissionfrom your Substantive Manager before applying
Main duties of the job
The successfulcandidate will lead the Child Development and Specialist Play teams within the Children,Young People & Families Service Delivery Unit. They will need extensiveexperience of working with children with developmental delay and complexconditions and be able to demonstrate a highly advanced understanding ofholistic child development in the early years and the wider system of SENDsupport.
Their clinicalleadership skills will be key as they will be at the forefront of implementingnew initiatives as part of the service review and transformation. They willwork as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure clinical quality andoutcomes of intervention. Experience of quality improvement, audit or researchwill be invaluable in supporting this change.
The ChildDevelopment and Specialist Play services work with babies and pre-schoolchildren with significant development delay or a known medicalcondition/diagnosis who require a specialist approach. This role will involve the operationalmanagement of the teams; including line management, triage, clinicalsupervision and management of the 3 child development centre sites.
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. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award 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 roleplease refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/degree in Physiotherapy/ OT/SLT/Nursing
* Professional registration
* Post graduate course relevant to paediatrics
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
* Evidence of appropriate paediatric training
* Management training course
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
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
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
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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