About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about supporting, promoting and sharing good practice with families, children/young people and health, social care and educational colleagues strengthening their skills in supporting children with additional needs? Then we would love to hear from you! We are delighted to be able to offer a committed, experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapist (OT) the opportunity to join our friendly and forward-thinking community children's occupational therapy service.
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed Occupational Therapist to be a Clinical Specialist within the field of early years and physical disabilities. The post holder will provide a quality, highly specialised community based Occupational Therapy service to children and young people who present with a wide variety of physical disabilities and have complex health needs. Assessment for therapy and supportive equipment will be completed in clinics, homes and school environments to provide a more enabling environment for the child.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate should have significant knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of children/young people with complex physical disabilities including those with Cerebral Palsy, neurological disorders and genetic disorders. They will be able to demonstrate their leadership, knowledge and experience as required by this senior clinical role. We are looking for a candidate with relevant knowledge and experience in collaborative working with families, educational settings and the wider multi-agency team. In addition you will have:
Well developed clinical and negotiation skills
Experience providing training to parents, practitioners and education settings
Experience contributing to the monitoring, review and evaluation of service provision through audit and quality improvement projects
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
To provide a quality, highly specialised community based Occupational Therapy service to children who present with a wide variety of conditions. These include complex, chronic, disabling and occasionally life limiting health, physical and developmental conditions. TheAdvanced Occupational Therapist as a highly specialist practitioner providing highly specialist knowledge within the Trust and externally including initiating, leading and participating in service planning, development, evaluation, audit/research.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy. Health Professionals Council registered.
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 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Wansbeck General Hospital
Woodhorn Lane
Ashington
NE63 9JJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)