Paediatric Adaptations Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

Are you looking for an opportunity to kick-start your occupational therapy career in Paediatrics? We are a highly successful integrated therapy service with a pooled budget across health and social care.

Although based in East Sussex, we are employed by KCHFT which is an outstanding trust. We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working together and in partnership with other teams to provide seamless care.

We are currently seeking a B5 Occupational Therapist with experience in home adaptations, either prior to training or post-qualification and with an interest in working with children and young people with complex needs. The post is newly created and will primarily be focused on DFG work with the aim to develop wider competencies after 6 months within a special school.

The service has a strong commitment to training and development with robust supervision and shadowing opportunities across the service.

For more information contact Fiona Middlemass, Professional Lead OT: [email protected]

Main duties of the job

As a member of the Children’s Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service the post-holder will be part of a countywide team providing specialist assessments to inform housing adaptations to children and young people up to the age of 18.

The adaptations team also review specialist home equipment prescribed as part of a Disabled Facilities Grant and as part of the wider integrated care team as required.

You will need to be initiative-taking, resilient and solution-focused to embrace new ways of working; with an interest in developing equipment knowledge including manual-handling and postural management. Car-driver is essential. The post-holder will work closely within the complex needs integrated team including Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, School Nursing and Integrated Therapy Assistants as well as key partner agencies.

There will be a requirement to work in a special school within 6 months of commencing position with a view to developing competencies in postural management and statutory provision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

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