Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
The Children's Occupational Therapy Service in Northumberland has an excellent opportunity for a qualified or newly qualified Occupational Therapist to join our established team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated person who has a passion to work with children. The team works across a variety of locations and paediatric specialities including neurological, developmental and neuro-diverse caseloads.
The Band 5 post will join another Band 5 OT in the team to work through the different specialities to develop a sound knowledge of all aspects of community paediatric OT including therapy, equipment, minor and major adaptations.
Main duties of the job
What we will offer:
* Band 7 leadership across all teams, for formal and informal support
* Opportunities for learning and development
* Robust induction
* Competency framework
* In Service training
* Regular 1:1 supervision
* Preceptorship
* Joint working with senior therapists to develop skills
* Supportive and friendly team
Job responsibilities
* To assess and review level of need and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regard for clinical priorities and time management.
* To select and apply Occupational Therapy assessments in paediatrics, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling the child to maximise functional independence in all areas of everyday activities.
* To work with children and their families to identify OT goals.
* Monitor, evaluate and modify interventions in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness. Alter and revise planned interventions as a result of changes in an individual's level of function or circumstances.
* To assess and identify from a range of options, specific specialised children's equipment to meet individual children's postural and functional needs.
* To assess for and provide major adaptations where appropriate and in line with local government criteria.
* To regularly supervise students on practice placement.
* To clinically supervise junior staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in OT
* HPC registered
* Membership of professional body
Experience and Knowledge
* Basic understanding, which will be developed following a period of in-house induction, of moving and handling legislation and knowledge of current moving and handling best practice and associated equipment.
* Basic knowledge of clinical governance. Evidence of CPD.
* Previous experience as a Band 5. Experience of working with children with physical disability.
* Knowledge of undertaking research and audit projects.
* Knowledge of team dynamics and team building.
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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