Job Type:
Permanent
Job Sector:
Health, Medicine
Region:
South West
Location:
Trowbridge
Salary:
£43,742 to £50,056 per annum
Salary Description:
£43,742 - £50,056
Posted:
12/11/2024
Recruiter:
HCRG Care Group
Job Ref:
HCRGCG/TP/53790/12590
You will contribute to the overall service delivery model and team advancement within the Integrated Therapy service and help deliver paediatric Occupational Therapy in a variety of settings to include clinic, school, and patients' own home across Wiltshire.
To be responsible for managing a complex clinical caseload of patients and to maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner and provide clinical and peer supervision of staff across the team and across professions where appropriate.
In this role, you will also be responsible for ensuring the service provides a high-quality, cost-effective and evidence-based clinical service to children and young people accessing the service and their families in collaboration with Professional leads, clinical managers, and other team leaders.
As an Integrated Therapies Team Lead, Children’s Occupational Therapist, Band 7, you’ll be part of our valued team at Derby Court Trowbridge.
You will feel valued as an Integrated Therapies Team Lead, Children’s Occupational Therapist, Band 7 within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* £43,742- £50,056 Band 7 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
* Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
* Plentiful on-site parking
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest rates
* Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways, and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
* An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
* The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Main Responsibilities
Patient/client care
To communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise functional potential and to ensure understanding of condition. Communication skills of motivation, explanation, empathy and gaining informed consent will be used with a wide variety of patients.
Operational and Administrative Responsibilities
You will be responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.
Financial and Physical Resources
Be responsible for ensuring the effective selection and use of all treatment resources available in the department.
Information and Reporting
Use evidence-based practice, audits, and published research to inform practice. Participate in audits/research projects and support the wider clinical governance programme.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential
* Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Registered with Health and Care Professions Council.
* Excellent knowledge of paediatric therapy
* Evidence of own professional development
* Proven experience of supervisory role at Band 6 or above.
* Management experience/training
* Leadership training/experience
Desirable
* Evidence of specialist knowledge which equates to post-graduate qualifications
* Evidence of further professional development and study to Master’s degree
* Budget management and/or knowledge of implementing cost efficiencies/best value for money practices
* Experience of giving presentations and promoting a service/organisation to relevant stakeholders
* Driving Licence
Experience
* 5 or more years post-registration experience
* Ability to engage and work within communities
* Experience in patient engagement and audit
* Experience of multi-agency partnership and working with internal and external stakeholders
* Evidence of leadership and management skills
* Experience of providing clinical supervision/line management
Knowledge / Skills
* Current knowledge of child Health and Social Care policy
* Up to date knowledge of integrated therapy development- national and local
* Current knowledge of Child Protection/safeguarding procedures
* Evidence of providing evidence-based and Child/family-centred care
* Demonstrable skills in clinical engagement, service development, professional leadership, and service management
* Able to work across professional and organisational boundaries
* Teaching/group work
* Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively in a variety of settings.
About The Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people, and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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