Are you interested in working within a Community Children's Therapies Team and also have a unique opportunity to be involved in setting up a new neonatal service for infants and families?
Do you want to further develop your clinical and leadership skills in a range of clinical areas?
If so, we are looking to appoint Band 6 Occupational Therapists to work within our large, well-established therapy team and a new team of Neonatal AHPs, to ensure infants and their families needing care get the best possible start. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of evidenced Occupational Therapy interventions at universal, targeted and specialised levels.
Whilst experience of working with early years children is desirable, we are a supportive, dynamic, forward-thinking team who would be able to provide relevant training to promote your personal development.
You will work within one of our community bases with designated days to work within an area of specialism, including the Neonatal Unit, Special Schools, and Focus Provision, on a rotational basis.
Main duties of the job
1. Assessing person, environmental and occupational components to support children's occupational performance and participation outcomes.
2. Providing direct treatment sessions and training/advice to parents and colleagues in health and education settings, to enable children to achieve their full potential.
3. Completing written reports to contribute to Education, Health & Care Plans.
4. The post-holder liaises both orally and in writing with any significant others involved in the management of the client, within and outside the NHS, to ensure the client's needs are met effectively and efficiently.
5. The post-holder is responsible for managing his/her own caseload, including clinical administration and appointments, in order to meet access criteria and ensure a cost-effective, quality service.
6. The post holder may be responsible for the oversight of a locality caseload and supports staff of other bands to manage their own caseload.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first-class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
* Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
* Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
* Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* A degree (or diploma) in Occupational Therapy from a recognised training establishment.
* Registration with BAOT
* Registration with HPC
* Evidence of a comprehensive, relevant and up-to-date CPD record
* Member of CYPF network
Experience
* Evidence of post-graduate clinical experience of working with children with a range of presentations
* Experience of managing and prioritising a caseload
* Experience of working with assistants, students, newly qualified therapists and others as appropriate
* Evidence of participation in the development and delivery of training to a variety of recipients
* Experience of using a 24 postural management approach.
* Postgraduate training in using Bobath approaches with children and young people.
* Postgraduate training in using sensory-based interventions
* Experience in using and interpreting standardised assessments.
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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