Job summary
Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your Occupational Therapy career in Paediatrics?
We are a highly successful integrated therapy service with a pooled budget across health and social care since 2013. Although based in East Sussex, we are employed by KCHFT which is an outstanding trust.
We are currently seeking an Occupational Therapist with minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in paediatrics with pre-existing experience working with neurodevelopmental conditions and a desire to develop knowledge of complex physical disability; including Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, ABI, spinal injuries and children or young people with multiple needs including developmental delay and sensory processing difficulties.
Training will be provided as part of a Band 6 development post. We are seeking an enthusiastic practitioner who is looking to advance their career in paediatrics. The post-holder will receive high quality supervision and intensive in-house training to meet the competencies required to move into a permanent B6 position.
The ability to embrace innovation, new ways of working and embrace change is essential to this role. This is a full-time post. Due to nature of community working the post-holder will need to drive and have use of a car although some days will be either clinic or special school based.
Main duties of the job
To provide a specialist therapy service to children aged 0-19 as part of an East Sussex Children's Integrated TherapyService, provided by Kent Community Health Foundation Trust (KCHFT).You will be part of a team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists and Assistantsthat covers early years and school years children with learning disability and complex/ multi-disciplinary needs.The role will include providing therapy as part of an integrated team in partnership with a special school for children whohave a diagnosis of autism, developmental delay and/or complex learning and medical needs.To be responsible for managing a complex and specialist clinical caseload.To provide a high quality and cost-effective clinical service to disabled children /young people and their families incollaboration with the Locality team, Professional Leads and Locality Clinical Managers.To be responsible for the appraisal and line supervision of Band 5 staff and/or Assistants/ Key Workers within the team incollaboration with Professional Leads and Locality Clinical Manager as appropriate.
Additional Working Pattern: 1.6 WTE Vacancy- can be full time or part-time.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community differencehere.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community differencehere.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holds degree in Occupational Therapy State registration with Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Placement Practice educators qualification within one year of appointment. Post Graduate training relevant to Paediatric Occupational Therapy
Knowledge
Essential
- Documented evidence of continued professional development. Appropriate experience working as a clinician for a minimum of two years. Documented evidence of provision of training to colleagues or other professional staff
Desirable
- Experience working with children and young people with complex needs. Appropriate experience working as a clinician for a minimum of three years. Experience supervising junior staff and students.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills. IT skills
Desirable
- Ability to presribe equipment and good knowledge of physical disability and SEND
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holds degree in Occupational Therapy State registration with Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
- Placement Practice educators qualification within one year of appointment. Post Graduate training relevant to Paediatric Occupational Therapy
Knowledge
Essential
- Documented evidence of continued professional development. Appropriate experience working as a clinician for a minimum of two years. Documented evidence of provision of training to colleagues or other professional staff
Desirable
- Experience working with children and young people with complex needs. Appropriate experience working as a clinician for a minimum of three years. Experience supervising junior staff and students.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills. IT skills
Desirable
- Ability to presribe equipment and good knowledge of physical disability and SEND
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).
