Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your occupational therapy career in Paediatrics?
Come and work for Children' Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service in the beautiful surroundings of East Sussex.
We are a highly successful integrated therapy service with a pooled budget across health and social care since 2013. Although based in East Sussex, we are employed by KCHFT which is an outstanding trust.
We are an assessment and advice service as well as providing interventions to children and young people using evidence-based approaches including Sensory Integrative informed practice in line with RCOT, trauma-informed care, Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance, Neurodevelopmental approach and with a focus on enabling.
We are currently seeking an Occupational Therapist with a minimum of 4 years post qualification experience in paediatrics with an interest in neurodevelopmental conditions.
This post is for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist in the neighbourhood team which includes children or young people from 0-19 years across early years settings, mainstream schools and in the community.
The post-holder will work closely with the Therapy One Point team of therapists and as part of an integrated therapy team including Speech and Language Therapist, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists including Adaptation specialists and Integrated Therapy Assistants.
Main duties of the job
To work within an integrated children's therapy team including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and therapy assistants for children aged 0-19.
1. To provide a highly specialist lead role in Paediatric OT and to lead on policy development across East Sussex Children's Integrated Therapy Service (ESCITS).
2. To be responsible for managing a complex and specialist clinical caseload and to act as a specialist resource to the Locality team and other professionals and agencies.
3. To be responsible for the management supervision and clinical supervision of identified staff within the team in collaboration with the Professional Leads and/or Locality Clinical Managers.
4. To be responsible for ensuring the team provides a high quality and cost effective clinical service to disabled children/young people and their families in collaboration with the Professional Leads and Locality Clinical Managers.
5. To be responsible for ensuring that all team members are working to agreed care pathway(s).
6. To report to and advise the Professional Leads and/or Locality Clinical Manager of the team's development within a specialist clinical area to ensure it is in line with the organisation's business objectives.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, and excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.
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The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Person Specification
Behaviours
Essential
* Demonstrates commitment to quality of care and promotes high standards to consistently improve outcomes for children and their families and other stakeholders in service developments.
Desirable
* Seeks continued lifelong learning to improve clinical practice and shows professional curiosity and ability to manage conflict.
Qualifications
Essential
* Holds OT qualification, is HCPC registered.
Desirable
* Related secondary qualifications in area of expertise relevant to role.
Experience
Essential
* Minimum of 5 years paediatric experience. In depth and recent (in the last 2 years) experience in a specialist clinical area. Evidence of continued professional development in area of clinical specialism. Experience of providing line supervision and/or clinical supervision in area of clinical specialism.
Desirable
* Experience of implementing service re-design within clinical area.
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge of evidence based practice and ability to implement in clinical practice. Knowledge of current local and national policies relevant to health, social care and education.
Desirable
* Active membership of National Special Interest Groups.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Ability to motivate and lead staff. Excellent presentation skills both written and verbal.
Employer details
Employer name
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chaucer Clinic, Polegate
Polegate
BN26 6QH
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