Band 6 Children\'s Occupational Therapist

Specialist Children’s Community Occupational Therapist (Band 6). Permanent Contract- Full time (part time considered).

Do you enjoy therapeutic play? Have you ever tried it? The sky is the limit when it comes to imagination; take them on an obstacle course across a desert or make tea for a pirate on a secret island.

Are you interested in taking the therapeutic principles of purposeful and meaningful activity to the next level, enabling children and young people to achieve their independence? It may be to enable a young person to participate with self-care, access to education, or play. Does this sound interesting? If so, then this may be just the creative and rewarding job you are looking for.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our innovative community-based team working across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland as part of the Children’s Therapy Team. The Children’s Occupational Therapy Service seeks to provide a high-quality service to children, young people and their families in their home, school, nursery or clinic setting. We have developed pathways within Early Years, Complex Disability and Physical Disability, with specialist interests in palliative care, neuromuscular conditions, hemiplegia and splinting. You will also have the support of a Clinical Professional Lead.

As part of this role, you will be encouraged to develop up to two specialist areas and be involved with sharing your knowledge in a teaching capacity to the rest of the team. You will have an Occupational Therapy qualification and HCPC registration and will need to demonstrate flexibility and initiative, to work as part of a Multidisciplinary and Multi Agency Team. You will need to be able to manage your time effectively and will be required to manage a designated caseload with support.

You will gain support and supervision to continue to develop your Occupational Therapy skills with children and young people. You will be responsible for the supervision of other team members and students. We encourage continuous professional development through both internal and external training as part of the Personal Development Plan process.

You need to be able to demonstrate an understanding of working in a community setting, the complexities of working within a family and a multidisciplinary, multiagency environment, be familiar with children’s equipment and their use and be willing to be trained in the delivery of a number of assessment tools and interventions used by Occupational Therapists in community children’s services. Car owner/driver essential as it is unlikely that public transport will meet the needs of this job.

For further information or an informal visit please contact Janet Martin Operational Team Leader or Jo Styles Clinical Lead for Children’s Occupational Therapy on 0116 295 2495.

Main Duties And Responsibilities:

• To work as a specialist clinician to utilise, develop and enhance Occupational Therapy clinical and professional skills within the Service to deliver high standards of practice.
• To apply the Occupational Therapy process within a Multi-Disciplinary format providing specialist assessment and treatment in clinical care pathways.
• To take a lead in developing the Service. This involves promoting high quality clinical practice and ensuring professional standards are maintained in the workplace.
• To deliver a specialist Occupational Therapy Service to patients within a variety of settings, requiring flexibility/adaptability in recognising the complexity of these environments to maximise their abilities and opportunities for occupational wellbeing.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.