About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a successful candidate to join Children's Therapies at Barts Health NHS Trust in Tower Hamlets. This is a rotational post across community services at Mile End Hospital and acute services at Royal London Hospital.
Your first rotation will be hosted in the acute or community children's occupational therapy teams. You will be integrated within the wider children's occupational therapy team, alongside the wider AHP network.Our well established and friendly teams offer care that is contemporary, personalised, occupational performance driven, and outcome focused.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain experience working in the following clinical areas during the 5 rotations lasting 12 month each:o Outpatient Occupational/Hand Therapy: a specialised caseload of children requiring input following traumatic hand injuries, surgery, upper limb botulinum toxin injections and those with congenital hand conditions. o Acute inpatients: carrying out assessment and intervention for children with a wide variety of conditions including, but not limited to: developmental delay, neurology, orthopaedics including pre-admission clinic and those admitted due to major trauma.
o Early Years Team: including the MDT Complex Needs Therapy Team, special schools work and workshops for parents.o Primary Schools Team: including mainstream and special schools work, home visits and parent/teacher training.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide high quality and specialist occupational therapy interventions to a wide range of paediatric patients.
To provide client centered specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, advice and input to children and young people with acute, traumatic, congenital and/or chronic conditions affecting their occupational performance using the best available evidence base.
To gain experience of the occupational therapy process over a child's whole journey within the different teams of the Children's Occupational Therapy Services across acute and community settings in yearly rotations.
To provide advice and support to other professionals, educational staff, parents and carers involved in addressing the occupational performance of children with a range of needs in the community and acute setting.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree/Equivalent in Occupational Therapy HCPC Registration
Desirable
Post-graduate training in relevant areas
Experience Essential
Clinical experience in a range of specialties Experience of equipment assessment for and provision Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
Evidence of relevant paedatric experience Experience in prescription and fabrication of splints Supervision of junior staff/assistants/students
Knowledge Essential
Evidence of continuing professional development Knowledge of the current evidence base and guidelines in relation to occupational therapy Knowledge of a broad range of clinical conditions
Desirable
Awareness of local and national guidelines that impact on practice Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy Member of specialist sections
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 Barts Health NHS Trust
Address Mile End Hospital
London
E1 4DG
Employer's website https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)