Band 7 Community Children's Occupational Therapist
To lead a Team Lead for Occupational Therapists working in the Plymouth Child Development Centre, covering localities of Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall.
The main role of this team is to ensure the provision of a high-quality occupational therapy service for children referred to the Community Paediatric Service Line.
To carry out the assessment, treatment and management of children and young adults with diverse presentations of neurological and neurodevelopmental origin.
Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
Responsible for ensuring the services provided meet the agreed specification with the support of the Therapy Lead, managing referrals, waiting lists, and complaints related to the Community Paediatric Occupational Therapy service.
To provide clinical leadership and supervision alongside the Advanced Clinical Practitioner for the Paediatric Occupational therapy team based within the Community Paediatric service, ensuring the team maintains a high level of clinical excellence.
To carry a clinical caseload within their own discipline, providing assessment and intervention in line with services specification. To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
To maintain expert knowledge relating to assessment and support for young people with an autism spectrum condition, sharing this with others both within and external to the team.
To demonstrate initiative within the team and be responsible for working with the Therapy Lead and other team leads to develop and drive forward service in line with evidence-based information and required service needs.
About us
We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.
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Job responsibilities
To set a high personal standard of work, to be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with Royal College of Occupational Therapy standards and local/Trust policy. To communicate appropriately with other disciplines (this might include meetings, report and letter writing).
To carry out a high standard of occupational therapy assessment as an autonomous practitioner; to provide therapy intervention according to the child's needs, using appropriate treatment techniques either virtually or face to face in an individual or group situation. This may involve the use of specialised observation and assessment tools.
To develop and deliver effective and appropriate interventions for children requiring Occupational Therapy within the service; NICE guidance, Standards of Care and best practice guidance should be considered.
To ensure Occupational Therapy waiting lists are managed efficiently and effectively in line with the Advanced Practitioner for the Paediatric Occupational therapy. Develop strategies for triage and waiting list management.
To have an in-depth knowledge of specialist resources relevant to children and provide guidance on its use to the team.
To demonstrate an advanced level of knowledge and practice, and providing specialist clinical advice.
To assess and treat children in a range of settings. This will primarily be via the Child Development Centre but may include special and mainstream schools, nurseries or at home when clinically indicated. This will necessitate travel from venue to venue and lone working situations. Lone worker policy must be followed.
To be highly skilled in communicating with and motivating children of all ages who may have a range of physical and cognitive barriers to understanding.
To work closely with partner agencies to ensure Occupational Therapy intervention is fully integrated into a child's holistic programme.
To provide necessary information to other professionals, families and other agencies including written reports and programmes, and to contribute towards statutory assessment processes as required.
To take part in child safeguarding procedures and attend multi-agency meetings as necessary.
For further responsibilities please see full job description attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* To hold a degree, or equivalent in Occupational Therapy. To have relevant qualification.
* To be HCPC registered.
* Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy.
* To have relevant post-graduate qualifications relevant to the post.
* Ability to work under pressure, accept delegated tasks from the therapy manager, work to deadlines and manage an unpredictable workload.
* Ability to cope with change and proactively engage with this.
* Ability to problem solve and demonstrate sound clinical reasoning.
* Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively.
* Mature and friendly personality with the ability to influence and motivate others within the team.
* Self-motivated, enthusiastic and committed.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate and present information orally and in writing in a clear and logical manner.
* Ability to build working relationships with peers and multi-agency professionals.
* Highly developed presentation skills and ability to present to professionals at all levels.
* Ability to undertake audit and to use the results to develop clinical practice.
* Ability to work unsupervised/independently.
* Ability to monitor the quality of own work and that of others and delegate accordingly.
* Excellent organisational skills.
* Ability to work flexibly, prioritise and manage time effectively.
* Coaching skills.
Knowledge
* Specialist proven knowledge and substantial demonstrable experience working as a Band 6 therapist or above in Community Paediatrics.
* Demonstrable experience at delivering occupational therapy within a variety of community settings including clinics, patient's homes, schools, nurseries, video or telephone consultations.
* Demonstrable experience in working within a multi-agency approach to children with SEND.
* In-depth proven knowledge of standardised assessments/outcome measures relevant for children and the interpretation of their results with children with complex needs.
* Proven knowledge and understanding of care pathways to facilitate appropriate referrals.
* Proven knowledge of clinical governance and risk.
* Proven evidence of CPD and extensive post-graduate training specifically to children's therapy.
* Proven evidence of demonstrable experiences of working with children with sensory needs.
* Previous demonstrable experience of line managing and clinically supervising occupational therapy colleagues and students.
* Demonstrable experience of conducting audits/research.
* Demonstrable experience of setting up new projects/initiatives/care pathways.
* Demonstrable experience of managing referrals and waiting lists.
Other Factors
* Ability to travel from place to place to deliver service needs.
* Ability to lone work.
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.
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital
£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number
216-AJ-W6945153
Job locations
Occupational Therapy Department
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Derriford Hospital
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