Main area Band 6 Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 1 year (end date 5th February 2026) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 177-ELEC-6942006
Employer James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Newberry Child Development Centre Town Gorleston Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/02/2025 23:59
Band 6 Paediatric Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service.
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
* Putting patients first
* Aiming to get it right
* Recognising that everybody counts
* Doing everything openly and honestly
‘Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our community paediatric Occupational Therapy team based at the Newberry Child Development Centre. We are looking for a positive, proactive clinician with skills in the field of Paediatrics, to help us build a strong future for therapy and increase the profile of Occupational Therapy within the service. You will have your own clinical caseload, providing advanced specialist assessments and interventions to a wide range of children and young people. You will also provide clinical support to team members and students, as well as assist in their training and development. You will play a role in service development working closely with the Paediatric leadership team.
Onsite parking is available and a driving licence is essential.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 Paediatric Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for your own complex caseload consisting of patients with a variety of different conditions, whilst leading on the supporting/training of team members within this specialist field and managing their own caseloads. Good prioritisation, organisational and time management skills will be required to balance clinical duties. You will need advanced communication skills to ensure a successful multidisciplinary approach to patient care, working in close liaison with the other teams including Neurodevelopmental and Physiotherapy. You will be in regular discussions with children, young people and their families, as well as other health, education and social care professionals. You will be responsible for other non-clinical duties such as in-service development ideas, training/supervision of students, and therapy assistant practitioners.
Working for our organisation
The James Paget is a vibrant university hospital providing the best possible care to the people of east Norfolk and north Suffolk. We were rated GOOD at our last CQC inspection and we are the largest local employer in the area.
We are a service that truly values CPD and are looking to further enlarge and tailor our training offer over the coming months. We will support you in achieving your career goals through our well-structured supervision and appraisal system, actively encouraging utilisation of training courses (clinical, and non-clinical) with use of CPD funding. You will be supported to provide education to your team but also to our wider workforce.
We understand that our employees have commitments and interests outside of work and encourage good work-life balance by offering a flexible and agile working environment; this is further supplemented by an extensive wellbeing offer, as well as a range of other benefits including staff discounts and access to the NHS Pension Scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person Specification and Job description is attached to the advert detailing the job main responsibilities.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy (BSc/MSc)
* Current HCPC registration
* CPD record should include evidence of up-to-date manual handling, relevant clinical courses and reflections of learning
Experience and Knowledge
* Band 5 experience which includes relevant work in a variety of child and young people’s services, including paediatrics
* Significant experience of team working including integrated teams
* Experience of working with a range of professionals within multidisciplinary teams
* Evidence of acting in a supervisory manner, providing specialist guidance, training and support to other staff or students
* Evidence of reflective learning
* Awareness of relevant professional practice, new research and guidelines
* Understanding of legal issues, Safeguarding and mental capacity
* Working knowledge of clinical governance and implications for own work
Skills, Abilities and Competencies
* Communication skills including empathy, assertiveness and negotiation skills
* Ability to build good rapport with a wide variety of people
* Ability to prioritise and organise workload and support others
* Ability to act as an autonomous practitioner with minimum supervision
* Ability to work proactively under pressure and work flexibly
* Recognise own limitations and know when to ask for help
* Forward thinking, able to problem solve with positive approach
* Ability to travel within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. Should hold a full current driving licence or be able to make own travelling arrangements to fulfil the duties of the post, including visits to patients’ homes with and without patients
* Basic IT skills
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency.
Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available.
Please check your account regularly under “My Applications” to view the progress of your applications. If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
In submitting an application form, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Katrina Bedwell Job title Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist Email address katrina.bedwell@jpaget.nhs.uk Telephone number 01493 442322 Additional information
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