Job summary
Are you a motivated and compassionate Occupational Therapist ready to grow your career in a supportive, forward thinking service?
Were looking for a talented Band 6 Occupational Therapistto join our friendly and highly skilled Childrens Community Health Team in Surrey. This is an exciting opportunity to make a genuine difference to the lives of children and families, working within a service that values creativity, autonomy and professional development.
Why Join Us?
As part of our Paediatric Therapy team, you will play a vital role in supporting children with a wide range of complex needs. You will use your specialist skills to complete assessments, deliver impactful interventions, and empower families to help their children thrive.
You will also enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working, excellent clinical support, and opportunities to lead, teach and develop as part of a collaborative multidisciplinary service
Main duties of the job
- Providing specialist assessment, diagnosis and therapy for children with varied and complex developmental needs
- Using evidencebased practice to createchildcentred intervention plansthat support meaningful progress in home, educational and community settings
- Managing and prioritising your own caseload with autonomy, while receiving support from an experienced Band 7
- Communicating sensitively and clearly with parents, carers and professionals, ensuring families feel supported and heard
- Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including paediatricians, education staff and external agencies
- Supervising junior staff, assistants and students, and contributing to their development
- Producing clear, highquality clinical reports and documentation
- Delivering training to parents and professionals
- Contributing to service improvement initiatives, audits and development projects
- Maintaining your professional growth through CPD, reflective practice and supervision
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were 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 doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued Therapies Team in North East Surrey, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 6 Agenda for Change Salary with NHS Pension
- Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day 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 lifes 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 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 youre 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.
What we are looking forEssential
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Postgraduate training or equivalent experience in:
- Child development
- Autism, ADHD or neurodevelopmental conditions
- Specialist paediatric approaches
- Solid experience working with children in paediatric practice
- Ability to travel across Surrey (car driver required)
Desirable
- Membership of a paediatric or AHP Special Interest Group
- Clinical Educator qualification
- Experience in a community paediatric therapy service
- Experience working within the NHS
Other requirements:the successful applicant will need to be a car driver
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist, you will be part of our valued Therapies Team in North East Surrey, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 6 Agenda for Change Salary with NHS Pension
- Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day 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 lifes 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 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 youre 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.
What we are looking forEssential
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Postgraduate training or equivalent experience in:
- Child development
- Autism, ADHD or neurodevelopmental conditions
- Specialist paediatric approaches
- Solid experience working with children in paediatric practice
- Ability to travel across Surrey (car driver required)
Desirable
- Membership of a paediatric or AHP Special Interest Group
- Clinical Educator qualification
- Experience in a community paediatric therapy service
- Experience working within the NHS
Other requirements:the successful applicant will need to be a car driver
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.
Person Specification
General Requirements
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Desirable
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Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
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.
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