About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a children's Occupational Therapist, with an understanding of social care responsibilities, to be part of the development of an integrated health and social care service, supporting the children and families in Newcastle.
This newly created team will consist of three qualified members of staff and one support staff member and will be co-located with the children's community team based at Regent Point. Staffing will include 0.5 wte Band 8a Occupational Therapist: 1.0wte Band 7 Occupational Therapist, 1.0 wte Band 6 Occupational Therapist (rotational) 1.0 wte Band 3 administrator.
The roles will be integrated within the children's community Occupational Therapy service, working closely with the wider therapy teams, to create a seamless and transparent experience for anyone referred to the service for equipment and/or adaptations reducing duplication and providing a more holistic approach to Occupational Therapy support.Newcastle children's Occupational Therapy is a well-established service supporting children and their families/carers across a range of settings including the Great North Children's Hospital, specialist provision schools and mainstream school settings and their home environment.
The service will be hosted by Newcastle upon Tyne Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and have reporting responsibilities to Newcastle city council and social care services.
Main duties of the job
The aim of this newly created team is to improve and enhance the services for children and families needing social care support, equipment, home adaptations across Newcastle. The service will be responsible for delivering high-quality patient focused support within the legislative frameworks of the Care act, Children and families act 2014, Children's act 1989 and the Chronically Sick and Disabled Person's act 1970.
Interview Date Friday 09 October 2026 18 Hours 45 Minutes/Week You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
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About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) Freeman Hospital Newcastle Dental Hospital Cramlington Manor Walks Urgent treatment centres Newcastle Fertility Centre Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria Northern Genetics Service These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will carry overall responsibility for the operational management of the Paediatric Occupational Therapy Adaptations Service providing operational line management and leadership of staff across these services. To ensure the effective and timely delivery of evidence based high quality integrated service across the Trust, pathways and partners To manage the service budget ensuring resources are deployed effectively and financial targets are met. To provide expert advice, support and creative problem solving to team members dealing with clients with complex needs The post holder, supported by the Deputy Head of service will be responsible for the service meeting its contractual requirements including Key Performance Indicators.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education Essential
Profession specific degree or equivalent diploma with evidence of recent CPD State registration with the Health and Care Professions Council
Desirable
Management qualification
Knowledge & Experience Essential
Recent relevant experience preferably within the LA in a leadership/managerial role Knowledge and application of clinical theory, best practice and procedures in the specialty field Have knowledge of the implementation of health and safety and risk awareness in the service
Skills & Abilities Essential
Have IT, presentation and training skills, including experience of using desktop applications and databases Have the ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance to maintain own continued professional development (CPD) participating in internal and external development opportunities, recording learning outcomes
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).
Employer details Employer name The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Regent Point
317 Regent Point
NE3 3HD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://careers.nuth.nhs.uk/why-us (Opens in a new tab)