Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Highly Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist

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Job summary

Are you an experienced occupational therapist with a special interest in services for children and young people with complex health needs?

Would you like to join a supportive and progressive specialist team of therapists, doctors, nurses and support practitioners.

Do you thrive on variety and working with people across organisational and geographical boundaries? Are you committed to ensuring occupation focused approaches are central to ensuring best outcomes for children and young people within health, education, community and social care contexts?

You will demonstrate skills and competence in this clinical area and understanding of evidence informed approaches. You will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of SEND and the EHCP process. In addition, you will hold a varied clinical caseload of children with complex health needs, and support our Band 6 Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support staff.

This post is based across 2 localities, at the Child Development Centre in Harrogate District Hospital and at also at Northallerton.

Main duties of the job

a. To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload

b. To work as an autonomous practitioner

c. Work in a highly specialised clinical role providing therapy to children and young people with complex health care needs as part of a multi-disciplinary team

d. Undertaking statutory assessments regarding educational needs and child protection, writing and presenting statutory reports

e. To be responsible for the quality of occupational therapy intervention in your specialist area

f. Demonstrate through practice, your specialist knowledge and theoretical understanding

g. To ensure high standards of service to the client group, their relatives and carers

h. To offer advice and training on areas of your expertise and make recommendations where appropriate, both internally and externally

i. To liaise with other professionals and agencies in the best interests of the caseload.

j. To be proficient in the use of the technical and ordinary equipment required for the fulfilment of your role

k. Support team members in a culture where effective I.T. and paper-based systems promote and maintain accurate and contemporaneous records in a retrievable format.

l. Work within organisational guidelines, HCPC standards of good practice and College of Occupational Therapists guidance. To have a good working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own quality of practice.

About us

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Term time hours

Reference number

421-PSC-2063R

Job locations

Child Development Centre, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SX

Harrogate

HG27ND

Job description

Job responsibilities

For details of the full duties and responsibilities of this role, please see the job description and person specification document attached.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact:

Eleanor Jones, OT Team Lead by email at eleanor.jones42@nhs.net or by phone on 07796941614

Job description

Job responsibilities

For details of the full duties and responsibilities of this role, please see the job description and person specification document attached.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit please contact:

Eleanor Jones, OT Team Lead by email at eleanor.jones42@nhs.net or by phone on 07796941614

Person Specification

Essential

oRegistration with Health Professional Council
oDiploma/ BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy
oEvidence of on-going professional development in area of specialism
oPost graduate experience in Paediatric Occupational Therapy

Desirable

oAccredited clinical educator
oMembership of the British Association of Occupational therapy

Person Specification

Essential

oRegistration with Health Professional Council
oDiploma/ BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy
oEvidence of on-going professional development in area of specialism
oPost graduate experience in Paediatric Occupational Therapy

Desirable

oAccredited clinical educator
oMembership of the British Association of Occupational therapy

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Child Development Centre, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SX

Harrogate

HG27ND

Employer's website

https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Child Development Centre, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate, HG2 7SX

Harrogate

HG27ND

Employer's website

https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)