Job responsibilities
Job Title:Occupational Therapist
Grade: Opportunities for Band 6 or 7
Department:CYPIT, WAM Occupational Therapy
Location: St Marks Hospital, Maidenhead, SL6 6DU
Trust: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday 8.30-4.30pm/9.00-5.00pm
Up to 37.5 available, part time hours/flexible hours considered
Pay rate: £22.89-£26.88 excluding. holiday pay
The CYPIT team has an opportunity for an experienced band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the team based in Maidenhead.
Values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solution
Main duties of the job
- To focus on face to face assessments in clinic and school settings
- Take responsibility for a dedicated caseload and clinical role
- Carry out clinical assessments within your level of clinical knowledge and skill.
- Identify relevant therapy needs from which you can develop and deliver an individualised management plan, with support from a senior therapist as needed.
- Contribute to and deliver training to schools/early years setting, parents, CYP and staff, as part of therapy support and delivery.
- Contribute to the implementation and development of the impact-based model of clinical decision making.
- Work collaboratively with education, local authority, medical and nursing staff to ensure delivery of a coordinated integrated service along with Speech and Language Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues.
- Opportunity to develop leadership and management skills, overseeing junior staff and students
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progressionaccess to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balanceflexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Accessover 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
You will hold a mixed caseload developing your clinical skills within early years, school age and special schools. You will need to have previous experience working with families from a wide variety of backgrounds and have an understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people.
You will collaborate across a multi-disciplinary team communicating with various parties to ensure that we deliver a seamless service. Understanding of the value of integrated services is essential. You will be expected to act as an ambassador for our service and will have excellent communication skills ensuring you are calm and confident, dealing with challenging situations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
HCPC Registration & Enhanced DBS
Essential Criteria
- Experienced in working with Paediatric caseload in community and excellent clinical decision making
- Car driver / owner able to travel to other locations within the trust using own vehicle (mileage paid)
- Enhanced DBS
Desirable Criteria
In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of
- Relevant Qualifications
- Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.
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 seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Professionals Limited
Employer's website
https://www.nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
