About this role
Job summary
The successful candidates will be offering, evaluating and developing, assessment and support of children with social communication differences in a multi-disciplinary team.
You will offer support to more junior team members and students. You will be utilise your existing experience in a wide range of standardised assessments as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
You will have strong clinical and caseload management skills and a passion for working with children with SEND, with a specific interest in the assessment and diagnosis of Autism.
You will have proven experience of successfully working with a range of clients, their families and others in order for the child to achieve meaningful outcomes.
You will have excellent communication and team working skills. You will be willing to work in a full range of locations across the city of Birmingham, including child development centres, education settings and family homes, as well as undertaking some assessments virtually.
Main duties of the job
- Provide highly specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions for children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental needs.
- Manage a complex caseload and contribute to holistic assessment, diagnosis and intervention planning.
- Work collaboratively with families, schools, health professionals, local authority services and wider partner agencies.
- Deliver individual and group interventions in line with agreed pathways and packages of care.
- Assess, recommend and monitor therapeutic equipment and provide advice on its safe use.
- Contribute to differential diagnosis and multidisciplinary decision-making for complex cases.
- Provide support, supervision, mentoring and training to colleagues and other professionals.
- Lead and participate in clinical audits, outcome measurement, service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives.
- Support service transformation, innovation and the implementation of evidence-based practice across the service.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertake highly specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions.
- Develop and implement individualised treatment programmes and packages of care.
- Manage complex cases and contribute to multidisciplinary assessment and diagnostic processes.
- Provide clinical leadership within the specialist area and support service development.
- Supervise and support therapy assistants and other members of the team.
- Deliver training, advice and second opinions within the specialist field of practice.
- Monitor and manage clinical risk, safeguarding concerns and quality standards. Lead or contribute to audits, research implementation and outcome evaluation.
- Produce high-quality reports, including documentation that may be used in legal contexts.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and data in accordance with Trust standards.
- Work collaboratively with schools, local authority services, social care teams and partner organisations.
- Promote evidence-based practice and contribute to policy, protocol and pathway development.
Person Specification
Qualifications/ training
Essential
- First degree level qualification, relevant to service area
- HCPC license to practice
- Registered with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Full Membership of Professional body , relevant to service area
- Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
- Relevant training in specialist area e.g. SensoryIntegration, neurological rehabilitation, neurodiversity
- Relevant training in clinical leadership
Desirable
- Masters post graduate qualification, relevant to service area
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention in specialist area of service
- Extensive experience of working as a specialist therapist with children and families in a range of multidisciplinary and / or multiagency teams in Local Authority and Health settings
- Extensive experience of managing a mixed and complex caseload of children and young people with a range of developmental disorders and delays
- Significant experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
- Relevant experience of using leadership skills for service development
- Significant experience in providing support and supervision to colleagues and other professionals
- Extensive experience of providing complex written and verbal information to others to a high standard
- Significant experience of delivering successful/effective training to a range of qualified professionals in the area of specialism
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Competent in using evidence base to inform clinical decisions and best practice in specialist clinical area
- Competent in critically appraising new developments in specialist area and apply to own practice and to service
- Knowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services and specific service area
- Knowledge of the needs of a diverse social and ethnic population and the impact on all aspects of service provision
- Competent in collecting and analysing data, critiquing research to contribute to service development, planning and management
- Competent in using electronic systems relevant to practice in the Trust and in the clinical area
Other job requirements
Essential
- Is able and willing to move around the city.
- Must have a full driving license and access to a vehicle
- Is able to carry a variety of equipment between locations safely.
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
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Address
Various
Birmingham
B74BN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)