Children's Occupational Therapist Band 6, West
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
We are aiming to recruit an enthusiastic B6 Occupational Therapist (OT) to a 30.0 hours permanent post, within the Children's OT Specialist Team (West).
We are seeking an eager, innovative, pro-active and motivated OT to join our already passionate and dedicated Children's Community OT team, who cover areas in West Cumbria.
Working as part of an integrated team with other specialist therapists, you will be required to lead in providing contemporary evidence based assessment, advice and therapy to children and young people with a range of needs, working with them, their families and supporting agencies.
This is an exciting time to be joining the team as you will have a chance to shape the direction of the team in collaboration with the wider County Children's Occupational Therapy team.
You should have a degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy.
You will be well supported within your clinical environment with regular management supervision, professional supervision, safeguarding supervision and your health & wellbeing conversations.
Main duties of the job
Our team is recognised as being innovative and supportive. We provide an effective system of support and supervision, which may include 1:1, pair or group supervision, as well as participation with clinical networks, mentoring and other clinical learning opportunities.
* To be responsible for provision of specialist assessment, treatment and management of babies and children who present with a wide variety of conditions in both acute and community settings. These include chronic, complex, disabling and life limiting conditions.
* To demonstrate sound knowledge and skills in the Occupational Therapy management of children's neurological and developmental conditions, and behavioural and learning disabilities.
* To be involved in the education and training of students, other healthcare and multi-agency professionals.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
* Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
* If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata
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