Paediatric Adaptations Occupational Therapist | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

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. 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. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities.

To do this we need outstanding people who share our values:

• Compassionate
• Aspirational
• Responsive
• Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit us both.

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 kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Good luck! We can't wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.