Paediatric Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
If you are passionate about Paediatric Occupational Therapy, then this post is for you. An exciting opportunity is waiting for a highly motivated Paediatric OT to become one of our clinical specialists within our Cwm Taf Morgannwg Paediatric OT service.
The role will include influencing the model of service delivery along with the education and support of other team members in the field of Paediatric OT.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is committed to supporting their staff in developing the necessary skills to deliver a highly specialist service.
Main duties of the job
1. Act as an autonomous clinical specialist practitioner providing expert assessment in the field of Paediatric Occupational Therapy.
2. Be responsible for the evaluation, design, and effective treatment and management of service users requiring assessment, care planning, and rehabilitation in Children's Centre and community settings.
3. Use highly specialised, advanced clinical reasoning skills to contribute to differential diagnosis.
4. Work closely as part of the Paediatric Occupational Therapy Team and wider multidisciplinary team to maintain continuity of service.
5. Independently manage own daily complex caseload as part of a multidisciplinary team, triaging paediatric patients.
6. Take a lead role in the post-graduate education of Occupational Therapy colleagues and other professions.
7. Impart knowledge and skills, guiding further knowledge acquisition and acting as a mentor.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary, and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
* We listen, learn and improve.
* We treat everyone with respect.
* We all work together as one team.
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job responsibilities
1. Manage own daily highly specialist/expert complex caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
2. Act as a highly specialist clinical resource, disseminating expert information and education to Occupational Therapy colleagues, the general public, and other health care professionals.
3. Review patient referrals to the Paediatric Occupational Therapy waiting list by undertaking triage and highly complex assessments.
4. Be responsible for referral for diagnostic investigations and/or recommendations for specific medical or therapy interventions.
5. Link with relevant consultant clinics as an expert resource, including Complex Paediatric Clinics and Paediatric Neurology clinic.
6. Provide direct advice for management and/or deliver intervention using highly skilled, technical physical techniques.
7. Implement change within own practice and influence and monitor standards of Occupational Therapy practice within the team.
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
* Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
* HCPC Registration.
* Evidence of attendance on post-graduate courses and advanced training to Master's level equivalence.
* Knowledge of appropriate clinical guidelines - Local and National.
* MSc or post-graduate diploma in relevant area.
* Fieldwork Education Training.
* Experience of teaching at post-graduate level.
Experience
* Extensive Paediatric OT experience.
* Knowledge of Paediatric OT challenges.
* Managing a complex caseload.
* Experience in Audit/Research.
* Experience of working alongside Paediatric Consultants or similar.
* Experience of working in Paediatric MDT.
* Experience of supervision.
* Member of RCOT CYP Specialist interest group.
Skills
* Advanced assessment and intervention skills.
* Coaching and mentoring skills.
* Ability to use highly specialised clinical reasoning skills to contribute to differential diagnosis.
* The ability to speak or learn Welsh to a satisfactory level.
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.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
110-AHP260-1224
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