Job summary
We are recruiting to a part time B6/7 post in our Community Paediatric OT Service
As a member of the OT team the post holder will primarily work with children and young people who have a neurodisability and sensory difficulties, delivering exciting new pathways aimed at empowering children and young people, school staff and families to implement strategies, advice and training to facilitate inclusion, participation and occupation.
The post holder is expected to travel across the community working within schools, homes and clinics.
We offer a strong internal supervision structure with regular CPD and training opportunities, including access to external courses.
The post holder will be based with other OTs and work within a multi-disciplinary team and other therapy services.
We continue to review and develop clinical care pathways with active staff involvement and value evidence informed practice and outcome measures.
The successful candidate will need good communication skills and a strong desire to work in community paediatrics, with relevant experience.
The successful applicant must have an OT degree and be registered with the HCPC.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
- Undertake Occupational Therapy assessments of children, and develop strategies to be implemented at school and at home using sensory interventions that aim to facilitate occupational performance by adapting tasks or the environment, or improving the child or young persons capacity for self-regulation
- Set clear functional goals in consultation with the child/young person/ parents/ teachers,
- Empower parents/ carers and school staff to understand the nature of the child's disability or dysfunction, the impact it has on behaviour and function and the activities and strategies they can use in the daily routines at home to develop their child's play and functional abilities.
- Work with the Team Leads and Complex Pathway Leads to develop clear and consistently delivered pathways and packages of care across our service
The successful candidate will need good communication skills and a strong desire to work in community paediatrics, with relevant experience.
Applications will be considered for part time working / job share, please call to discuss
If you have the necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first, please contact Jane Dolan Service Lead Paediatric Occupational Therapy on 07583 102747 for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
- The post provides a specialist assessment and advice service to school age children and young people with a neurodisability and sensory processing or modulation difficulties
- This role is based in the community working within schools, homes and clinics
Job responsibilities:
Key Tasks & Responsibilities:
- To provide timely and evidence-based assessments and OT interventions, with agreed goals and outcomes, for children who have complex neurodisabilities and sensory processing or modulation difficulties
- Communication:
- To ensure effective partnership with other members of the health team, social care and education in the best interests of the child and young person
- To provide information and signposting for children, young people and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond where appropriate.
- To write professional reports for a range of audiences, including professional advice for statutory assessments and tribunals
- To write professional reports for a range of audiences, including professional advice for statutory assessments and tribunals
- To actively build relationships and networks with other professional groups and services in the locality.
- Analytical and judgemental:
- To monitor and evaluate assessments to measure and ensure effectiveness
- To use comprehensive risk assessment skills, demonstrating the ability to act appropriately to ensure safety of others and self when working as a lone Practitioner
- To provide regular data analysis with trends and forecasts to support service delivery.
- To participate in departmental research and clinical governance/audit projects/collect and provide research data as required.
- To participate in audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within and across the service to help develop and improve services to children and their families.
- To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.
- Clinical Duties:
- To manage and prioritise a specialist clinical caseload of children as agreed NHS OT Team Leads
- To provide highly specialist advice, assessment and support to children and young people, families, and the wider Education service
- To provide timely and evidence-based assessments and OT interventions, with agreed goals and outcomes, for children who have complex neurodisabilities and sensory processing or modulation difficulties
- To provide an integrated OT service and offer sensory strategies, advice and training to support and meet identified needs in line with agreed pathways and packages of care
- To provide advice, support and training to schools and settings, SES colleagues, and to other colleagues in Family Services and the Psychology and Therapeutic Service.
- To maintain and develop clinical expertise which is essential for professional registration and best practice, identifying areas where support or development/learning is required.
- To undertake appropriate referrals to partner agencies.
- To provide information and signposting for children, young people and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond where appropriate.
- Governance:
To participate effectively in supervision, team meetings and professional development of self and others
- Leadership and management:
- To provide leadership, supervision and training for Occupational Therapy Staff, Occupational Therapy Students and Therapy Assistants and Technicians in conjunction with the Team Leads and Complex Pathway Leads of the Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service.
- To contribute to and be pro-active in the identification of potential service improvement. To participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of service developments within the specialism based on audits, questionnaires, reflective practice, meetings, surveys, and data collection.
- To initiate the development of clinical standards and guidelines in own speciality, and to inform service policies, including the use of research in evidence-based practice
- To provide clinical placements and take responsibility for contributing to the assessment of OT students.
- Information Resources:
- To maintain effective clinical records around service delivery in line with WSFT policies
- To keep adequate records on patients, to maintain confidentiality in respect of this information, and comply with relevant record keeping policies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job summary:
- The post provides a specialist assessment and advice service to school age children and young people with a neurodisability and sensory processing or modulation difficulties
- This role is based in the community working within schools, homes and clinics
Job responsibilities:
Key Tasks & Responsibilities:
- To provide timely and evidence-based assessments and OT interventions, with agreed goals and outcomes, for children who have complex neurodisabilities and sensory processing or modulation difficulties
- Communication:
- To ensure effective partnership with other members of the health team, social care and education in the best interests of the child and young person
- To provide information and signposting for children, young people and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond where appropriate.
- To write professional reports for a range of audiences, including professional advice for statutory assessments and tribunals
- To write professional reports for a range of audiences, including professional advice for statutory assessments and tribunals
- To actively build relationships and networks with other professional groups and services in the locality.
- Analytical and judgemental:
- To monitor and evaluate assessments to measure and ensure effectiveness
- To use comprehensive risk assessment skills, demonstrating the ability to act appropriately to ensure safety of others and self when working as a lone Practitioner
- To provide regular data analysis with trends and forecasts to support service delivery.
- To participate in departmental research and clinical governance/audit projects/collect and provide research data as required.
- To participate in audit and service evaluation, with colleagues within and across the service to help develop and improve services to children and their families.
- To undertake appropriate research and provide research advice to other staff undertaking research.
- Clinical Duties:
- To manage and prioritise a specialist clinical caseload of children as agreed NHS OT Team Leads
- To provide highly specialist advice, assessment and support to children and young people, families, and the wider Education service
- To provide timely and evidence-based assessments and OT interventions, with agreed goals and outcomes, for children who have complex neurodisabilities and sensory processing or modulation difficulties
- To provide an integrated OT service and offer sensory strategies, advice and training to support and meet identified needs in line with agreed pathways and packages of care
- To provide advice, support and training to schools and settings, SES colleagues, and to other colleagues in Family Services and the Psychology and Therapeutic Service.
- To maintain and develop clinical expertise which is essential for professional registration and best practice, identifying areas where support or development/learning is required.
- To undertake appropriate referrals to partner agencies.
- To provide information and signposting for children, young people and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond where appropriate.
- Governance:
To participate effectively in supervision, team meetings and professional development of self and others
- Leadership and management:
- To provide leadership, supervision and training for Occupational Therapy Staff, Occupational Therapy Students and Therapy Assistants and Technicians in conjunction with the Team Leads and Complex Pathway Leads of the Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service.
- To contribute to and be pro-active in the identification of potential service improvement. To participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of service developments within the specialism based on audits, questionnaires, reflective practice, meetings, surveys, and data collection.
- To initiate the development of clinical standards and guidelines in own speciality, and to inform service policies, including the use of research in evidence-based practice
- To provide clinical placements and take responsibility for contributing to the assessment of OT students.
- Information Resources:
- To maintain effective clinical records around service delivery in line with WSFT policies
- To keep adequate records on patients, to maintain confidentiality in respect of this information, and comply with relevant record keeping policies.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Degree /Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Specialist knowledge and application of Occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to paediatrics
Desirable
- Occupational Therapy Student Educator experience
- Other post graduate specialist paediatric courses relevant to role, e.g. Developmental Coordination Difficulties, ASD, Sensory
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of child development, paediatric conditions and in depth knowledge of developmental disabilities.
- Experience of neurology and / or community work
- Supervision of junior staff, OT Assistants and students.
- Documented evidence of lifelong learning.
- Specialist knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy assessments
- Knowledge and prescribing of equipment
- Knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy models of practice
- Computer literacy.
Desirable
- Previous Band 6 experience or evidence of working on complex cases
- Experience and working knowledge of Paediatrics as specialist area.
- Experience of working with children with complex needs and long-term conditions
- Research interest and literature research
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Clinical experience including individual and group work.
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities.
- Supervisory/appraisal skills.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
- Team work and effective communication/ negotiation skills.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with multi professional teams, children and carers.
- Ability to understand the child and families / carers culture and diversity and provide services appropriate to individual needs
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort through concurrent activities
Desirable
- Knowledge of relevant legislation
Personal qualities
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties
- Ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out post
- Ability to handle children and equipment, frequently exerting moderate physical effort for long periods.
- Ability to cope with frequent exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Degree /Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Specialist knowledge and application of Occupational therapy assessments and interventions relevant to paediatrics
Desirable
- Occupational Therapy Student Educator experience
- Other post graduate specialist paediatric courses relevant to role, e.g. Developmental Coordination Difficulties, ASD, Sensory
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of child development, paediatric conditions and in depth knowledge of developmental disabilities.
- Experience of neurology and / or community work
- Supervision of junior staff, OT Assistants and students.
- Documented evidence of lifelong learning.
- Specialist knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy assessments
- Knowledge and prescribing of equipment
- Knowledge and application of Occupational Therapy models of practice
- Computer literacy.
Desirable
- Previous Band 6 experience or evidence of working on complex cases
- Experience and working knowledge of Paediatrics as specialist area.
- Experience of working with children with complex needs and long-term conditions
- Research interest and literature research
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Clinical experience including individual and group work.
- Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities.
- Supervisory/appraisal skills.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
- Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information.
- Team work and effective communication/ negotiation skills.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with multi professional teams, children and carers.
- Ability to understand the child and families / carers culture and diversity and provide services appropriate to individual needs
- Able to carry out moderate to intense physical effort through concurrent activities
Desirable
- Knowledge of relevant legislation
Personal qualities
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties
- Ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out post
- Ability to handle children and equipment, frequently exerting moderate physical effort for long periods.
- Ability to cope with frequent exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
