Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Job overview
Come and join our dynamic team of paediatric occupational therapists and support staff. We have an opportunity for an experienced paediatric occupational therapist to join our team as a Band 6 for 30 hours per week.
We are based at Breightmet Children's Centre and work closely with the multidisciplinary team as well as education, housing and social care.
We are a friendly and supportive team who strive to provide timely and responsive assessment and intervention to a range of service users, including developmental input for pre-school children, neonates, mainstream and special schools. We also assess for minor and major home adaptations for the children and the families of Bolton.
We are looking for a dedicated and flexible individual, with paediatric experience, and some knowledge of home adaptation interventions. The successful candidate will work autonomously to manage a diverse and complex caseload, with good support from formal and peer supervision.
A Band 5 to band 6 progression post would be considered.
Main duties of the job
Assessment and input of:
- motor development and skill
- home safety needs
- functional skills
- maintaining postural management
- moving and handling
- recommendation for major adaptation, as part of the Disabled Facilities Grant process
Please see job description for details.
Working for our organisation
“The right care, by the right person, in the right place”
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the North West side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.We have recently been given a CQC rating of Good. Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children’s services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women’s and Children’s services and has a credible and enviable reputation.We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in the North West Sector of Manchester and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to job description for details of the main responsibilities for this role and provide evidence within your application form.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with the Health Care Professions Council
- Evidence of post graduate training/CPD in speciality area
- Membership of professional special interest group
- Other relevant courses to clinical area
- Practice educators course
Experience
Essential criteria- Post-graduate paediatric Occupational Therapy experience
- Experience of managing a caseload of clients with LD, challenging behaviours, complex needs.
- Experience of participating in service development
- Evidence of multidisciplinary working
- Experience of supervising less experienced staff/pre-registration learners
- Experience of assessing and treating patients who have barriers to communication
- Experience of supporting learners on practice placements
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of recent NHS and trust developments and their impact on the service
- Knowledge of SEND Reform
- Knowledge of home adaptations
- Development of additional knowledge through specialist training and experience
Skills
Essential criteria- Ability to use and apply a range of assessment and treatment techniques and approaches to the management of conditions relevant to the speciality
- Ability to deal with complex and sensitive information and act appropriately
- Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst working on multiple tasks
Other
Essential criteria- Ability to travel between locations, which may include transporting equipment
- Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.