Advanced Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Job overview

We are delighted to be able to invite a committed and dynamic Occupational Therapist the opportunity to apply for our band 7 post to join Northumbria Healthcare and work with the Paediatric Occupational Therapy Team based in North Tyneside. We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated person who has experience and a passion to work with children to join our well established Paediatric Occupational Therapy team. There are many opportunities to develop your skills as a band 7 within a supportive and nurturing team.

Main duties of the job

As part of this role, the post holder will need to have a wealth of knowledge and experience working with children to join our experienced therapists in the different areas provided by the service. These include carrying out comprehensive assessments of a child's motor, perceptual and physical abilities, treatment sessions, either individual or groupwork, equipment and minor adaptations.

This is a busy team and provides a good variety and range of experience to work with children who attend mainstream schools, specialist provision and carry out community-based assessments. We work in close partnership with colleagues in health, education and social care to provide a high quality and excellent service. We have excellent working relationships with our colleagues in Newcastle to assist in hospital discharges and sharing knowledge.

A typical day working in this team could include a visit to a mainstream school to carry out an assessment of fine motor function to support child's access to their learning, back to the office for lunch, carry out a home visit to support a child and their family to participate safely in activities of daily living then returning back to the office to complete admin tasks. There are opportunities to be part of development work streams as we strive to improve our service delivery and offer for the children, young people and their families.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide a comprehensive service in the specialised area.

• This post will lead on advancing the specialty service.
• To provide clinical expertise at an advanced level in the assessment, diagnosis and management of highly complex clients.
• To provide specialist input to strategic planning, development, audit and evaluation of clinical services, protocols and policies within the specialised area.
• To work with other lead specialist clinicians providing highly specialised advice and programmes of care.
• To ensure service provision in the specialised area is prioritised and service delivery is made effectively within resource constraints.
• To practice within the multidisciplinary team, providing specialist assessments, diagnosis and treatment using advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• To manage a caseload of clients (often varied and with highly complex needs), using evidence based clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To provide leadership and clinical education for senior, junior and support staff, through supervision and day-to-day support.
• To plan and implement training at a uni-disciplinary and multi professional level in order to enhance services within the specialism and ensure effective clinical practice.
• To carry out appraisals with junior and support staff, as delegated by Line Manager.
• To regularly supervise undergraduate students on practice placement and participate in placement experience of other professionals.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.