About this role
Job summary
Band 7 Specialist Occupational Therapist - Children's Therapy Services: Fixed term- 6 months (33 hours per week) Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Children's Therapy Service in Stockport. We are seeking a highly motivated clinician who is passionate about supporting children and young people with a wide range of developmental, physical and neurodevelopmental needs to achieve their full potential.
As a Band 7 Occupational Therapist, you will provide specialist assessment, intervention and consultation across a variety of settings including schools, clinics, homes and community environments. You will play an important role in delivering services through the Balanced System approach, working collaboratively with education, health and care partners to build capacity and improve outcomes for children and young people.
The post holder will contribute to service development, supervision and leadership activities, helping to shape innovative and effective children's occupational therapy services across the borough.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will
- Deliver specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention for children and young people with complex needs.
- Provide expert advice and consultation to families, schools, early years settings and partner agencies.
- Lead and support delivery of services within the Balanced System framework and integrated SEND pathways.
- Undertake assessments relating to functional skills, participation, sensory processing, motor coordination, independence and equipment needs.
- Contribute to Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNA) and Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).
- Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to junior staff, assistants and students.
- Participate in service development, quality improvement, audit and transformation projects.
- Work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues including Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Educational Psychologists and SEND partners.
- Support the delivery of training and workforce development initiatives across education and health settings.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded. The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed
Informal enquiries welcome. For further information please contact [email protected] 0161 204 4153
Person Specification
Work related circumstances
Essential
- Ability to work flexible hours based on the needs of the service.
- Reliable work record
- Clear vision of the role and commitment to the speciality.
- Physical effort required for moving and handling.
- Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across Stockport and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. Where possible, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Equality Act.
- Able to work in a busy office environment with reasonable adjustments as appropriate
Desirable
- Experience in conflict resolution
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of working as a specilaist OT with children with disabilities
- Broad base of clinical experience prior to specialising.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of student education within the workplace up to graduate level
- Supervision of senior and junior staff and students
- Experience of clinical audit and service evaluation.
- Experience of research and/or project management/service development.
- Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for staff.
- Experience of effective team working across settings.
Desirable
- Experience of assessing and treating patients who do not speak English or have other barriers to communication
- Leadership in a uni-professional or multi-professional team
- Experience of managing change
- Previous Band 7 experience in relevant post
- Experience of delivering service under the balanced system framework
Knowledge
Essential
- Advance Knowledge of a range of relevant developmental conditions and their management related to this clinical area (complex disabilities and neonates)
- A good understanding of Clinical governance and evidence based practice
- Knowledge of recent NHS and Trust developments and their impact on the service
- Knowledge of children's Act / SEND code of practice.
- Advanced knowledge of equipment provision for children with complex disabilities
- Knowledge of balanced system
Education / qualification
Essential
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council.
- Membership of RCOT
- Evidence of continuous and current clinical, professional, leadership and academic development relevant to clinical fields.
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio
Desirable
- Clinical Educators/Field worker course or equivalent
- Qualifications relating to complex needs / neonates
- Understanding Sensory differences
- Upper limb intervention training e.g Constraint Induced Movement therapy, Bimanual Therapy etc
- Bobath Training
- Advanced Moving and Handling training
- Management and leadership skills training
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- High level problem solving skills.
- Ability to expertly use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches to the management of conditions relevant to Children's Occupational Therapy, including equipment provision for postural care
- Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others in both formal and informal environments.
- Ability to communicate effectively and flexibly and to adapt communication style to the needs of patients, carers and staff.
- Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and to manage time effectively.
- Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes on Electronic Patient Record systems.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst working on multiple tasks
- Ability to cope with distressing or emotional circumstances
- Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust's policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety to meet differing patient needs.
- Ability to be open to learning about bias and being an ally for people with protected characteristics
- Effective presentation skills.
- Ability to develop relationships with awareness of inter-personal skills and use of any strategies required to support this.
- Ability to lead, motivate and inspire others.
- Ability to command confidence of other health professionals.
- Ability to support others, patients and staff.
- Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively.
- Ability to prepare reports
- Ability to use micorsoft office 365 effectively
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
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Children's therapy Services - Unit 2
Kennedy Way
Stockport
SK4 2JT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)