CYPIT Occupational Therapy Advanced Practitioner

Job overview

Are you an experienced paediatric Occupational Therapist who is passionate about children with complex needs?

Are you looking to work as part of a supportive team in a flexible working environment whilst earning HCAS?

We have a new and exciting opportunity for a band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our team based at St Marks Hospital in Maidenhead.

You will have the opportunity to work as part of an experienced team of therapists in a mix of community settings, early years settings, homes and schools having independence and autonomy to manage your own caseload.

In your role you will be expected to deliver a high standard of occupational therapy care to children and young people with developmental and complex needs, therefore for this role we are looking for someone with a real passion for seeing young children reach their potential.

As part of an integrated therapy team, you will have the opportunity to share and learn from Speech and Language Therapists and Physiotherapists working alongside you. We value the development of our staff and offer training opportunities as led by service/local population needs.

Our core working hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 – 17:00 but we can offer flexibility around this. The role will involve some travel to clinic/educational settings but also leaves room for some remote/home working. Permanent part-time position available, full-time options considered.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality assessment and interventions for children and young people with developmental / complex needs

• Function as a specialist autonomous clinician, supporting delivery of the CYPIT model and providing support to more junior staff

• Contribute to defined projects and service development initiatives as requested

• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records and provide written therapy plans and reports including contribution to the EHCP Assessment process and tribunals as required

• Use the Care Aims care planning approach, impact-based clinical decision making, and associated outcome measures

• Provide specialist clinical care including assessment, diagnosis and interventions, for a paediatric caseload

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Be a qualified Occupational Therapist, with RCOT and HCPC registrations

• Have experience in assessing and treating 0-18 year olds with developmental and complex needs presentations

• Hold a full UK driving license, with access to using a vehicle for work purposes

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Gemma West on 07789 741450 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any  protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.