Job summary
Are you an expert in complex needs? Do you enjoy supporting and teaching a team of therapists?
Our Children's Therapy Service is seeking a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our team!
The Children's Therapy Services identify, assess, support and manage the health needs of children and young people aged 0-18 years, working closely with children and their families in health settings, family homes; and within mainstream and specialist educational settings.
As a highly specialist clinical therapist, you will be the source of expertise, providing support, supervision, teaching, advice and consultation across Bristol , North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire within the clinical area of complex needs, neuro disability and postural management.
Main duties of the job
- Provide support, supervision, teaching, advice to members of the therapy team across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire.
- Expertise in complex needs with the ability to assess and treat cases as an autonomous, highly specialist and highly skilled clinician.
- Ability to implement treatment of children and young people with highly complex developmental, neurological and / or sensory conditions.
- To deputise in the responsibility for a locality team dependent on service needs.
About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC Registration
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational therapy as recognised by the HCPC.
- Evidence of advanced postgraduate training relevant to clinical area.
- Evidence of good, relevant, up to date CPD.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in children's Occupational therapy community team working with children who may have complex disability, analysing complex and conflicting information to form diagnoses and appropriate intervention
- Advanced specialist knowledge of the theories and practical application of assessment and treatment of children and young people with highly complex developmental, neurological and/or sensory conditions. Including children with life limiting and complex medical conditions.
- Ability to provide and evaluate specific therapy interventions for patients with highly complex presentations
- Ability to deliver service, working as an autonomous practicioner in a community setting, ensuring own safety, safety of service users and having the ability to make effective clinical decisions without access to MDT support.
- Ability to lead on development, training and audit within given clinical specialty
- Ability to be mobile for travel to community settings, and able to transport equipment as appropriate to service needs
Desirable
- Experience of upper limb splinting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- HCPC Registration
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational therapy as recognised by the HCPC.
- Evidence of advanced postgraduate training relevant to clinical area.
- Evidence of good, relevant, up to date CPD.
Skills, Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in children's Occupational therapy community team working with children who may have complex disability, analysing complex and conflicting information to form diagnoses and appropriate intervention
- Advanced specialist knowledge of the theories and practical application of assessment and treatment of children and young people with highly complex developmental, neurological and/or sensory conditions. Including children with life limiting and complex medical conditions.
- Ability to provide and evaluate specific therapy interventions for patients with highly complex presentations
- Ability to deliver service, working as an autonomous practicioner in a community setting, ensuring own safety, safety of service users and having the ability to make effective clinical decisions without access to MDT support.
- Ability to lead on development, training and audit within given clinical specialty
- Ability to be mobile for travel to community settings, and able to transport equipment as appropriate to service needs
Desirable
- Experience of upper limb splinting
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
