Children's Occupational Therapist - Experts at Hand
Job summary
Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist - Experts at Hand
£45,953 - £54,254 Inc HCAS Per annum pro rata
Perm - 37.5 hrs per week
This role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated Occupational Therapist to join Bromley's evolving Experts at Hand (EaH) model and play a central part in the borough's SEND transformation. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team working to strengthen early identification, targeted intervention and inclusive practice across education and early years settings. As a School-Based OT, you will help shape a new, prevention-led offer that brings specialist expertise closer to classrooms, families and school communities. You will deliver evidence-based occupational therapy within a tiered Universal-Targeted-Targeted+-Specialist framework, providing coaching, consultation and modelling of OT strategies in real school environments. Day-to-day practice includes supporting whole-school approaches, delivering targeted interventions, implementing therapy programmes, and collaborating with teachers, SENDCOs and families to improve functional outcomes for children and young people. You will hold a targeted+ and specialist caseload, completing assessment and intervention in context for children with occupational performance needs and functional difficulties.Main duties of the job
1. To work autonomously and without direct supervision in a defined clinical area, recognising professional boundaries and seeking guidance where necessary, but having accountability for own clinical actions.
2. To be responsible for a clinical caseload of paediatric occupational therapy including assessment, interpretation of assessment results, evaluation, treatment, and advice, through the use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
3. To work with education partners using evidence-based approaches such as coaching, modelling and guiding to enhance capacity in the educational context and support children's functional participation as part of the OT offer.
4. To provide support and training to educational partners via modelling and setting up of group interventions, workshops, or OT surgeries when needed as part of the OT offer.
5. To carry out assessments and evaluate the child's occupational performance in context. This may include the use of standardised and non-standardised assessments, observation, interview with parent or carer and/or parent and teacher questionnaires.
6. To develop, plan and implement specialist Occupational Therapy treatment programmes and strategies to enhance the child's ability to perform everyday activities and participate in multiple environments. This could include verbal and written advice/ recommendations, written advice sheets, individual treatment and/or group therapy.
About us
We are committed to supporting your development. You'llhave access to supervision and opportunities to expand your clinical skills within a nurturing and dynamic service.
Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.
Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.
We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.
Job description
Job responsibilities
2. To monitor and review the progress of the child against set targets, modifying the targets and offering specialist advice where appropriate.
3. To undertake moving and handling risk assessments where appropriate.
4. Assess a childs need for specialist equipment and small aids (e.g. specialist seating, bath aids and toilet aids), advise and recommend/ provide appropriate equipment for use at home, pre-school and school, in line with service criteria.
5. Review and complete adjustments to specialist equipment, e.g. specialist seating, ensuring equipment is appropriate to meet the child functional needs within the identified occupations and to demonstrate use to family and professionals working with the child.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- Educated to diploma or degree level in Occupational Therapy or equivalent training/study
Professional Registration
- HCPC registration
- Member of the specialist sections or groups relevant to children's OT.
Training
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Additional training in the assessment and treatment of children with functional needs.
- Relevant post registration specialist education - ideally sensory integration training levels 1 and 2
- Practice educator or equivalent
- Additional training in Coaching, OPC, COOP
Experience
- Experience of working in community NHS paediatric practice.
- Experience in assessing, planning and delivering occupation focused intervention for children with a range of difficulties e.g. physical disabilities, multiple and complex conditions, displaying, challenging behaviour, coordination or sensory processing difficulties
- Experience of equipment prescription and its principles in the paediatric setting.
- Excellent working knowledge of child development, related conditions and the implications for Occupational Therapy.
- Experience working with schools using evidence-based approaches, providing training and workshops to build capacity.
- Experience of upper limb splinting.
- Line management experience.
- Experience in specialist school provision.
- Working knowledge of the SEND agenda and reforms.
Specific Skills
- Ability to independently manage a clinical caseload of children with varying needs within a community paediatric setting
- Ability to assess and analyse a child's functional abilities using standardised and non- standardised methods
- Ability to take an evidence- informed approach to assessments and interventions, using an occupation-based focus
- Ability to line manage others, including appraisal and performance management
- Confidence and competence in relating evidence-based theory to practice.
Information Technology and Information Governance
- Good IT skills, including the use of Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
- Competent in use of electronic patient records.
- Ability to use information resources/ portals to order equipment, produce and submit data, reports, etc.
- Experience of EMIS
- Experience of TECS
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Bromley Healthcare CIC
Address
Phoenix Centre
40 Masons Hill
Bromley
BR2 9JG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk/