A six-month post placed through NHS Professionals for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, in its integrated children's therapy (CYPIT) occupational therapy team. The work centres on complex child assessment, diagnosis and intervention, alongside advising, training and supervising colleagues and keeping clinical records and reports. It is a Monday to Friday day role working with speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and therapy assistants, with remote working possible. Candidates need HCPC registration and at least two years working with children.
What the job involves
- Provide specialist advice, teaching and training to colleagues on individual patients and clinical delivery, inside and outside the service
- Investigate, interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical information to diagnose, evaluate and give prognosis, particularly for highly complex presentations
- Recommend the best course of intervention following comprehensive assessment
- Take professional and legal responsibility for own work, including managing the care of patients, and support more junior staff to the same standard
- Keep accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date records meeting legal and departmental requirements
- Report assessment and treatment results to other disciplines through reports and letters
- Work collaboratively with medical, nursing, therapy and education staff to deliver a coordinated integrated service
What’s required
Qualifications
- Occupational therapy qualification
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration
Experience
- NHS experience
- Experience supervising and training band 5 therapists, students and other professionals
- Minimum of two years working with children
What’s offered
- Learning and development opportunities for career progression
- Flexible and committed shifts
- Wellbeing resources
- Paid annual leave that builds up over time
- Access to shifts across over 50 partner NHS Trusts
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
