Specialist Occupational Therapist- Children's

Specialist Occupational Therapist- Children's

This role may be eligible for recruitment incentives, please liaise with the recruiting manager for further detail.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our Children's Occupational Therapy Service, supporting children and young people with physical disabilities (0-19 years) - the role will be based in the East Riding of Yorkshire and the successful applicant will also cover the Humber geographical area of the service dependent on service need.

This is a key role focused on delivering high-quality, specialist care while also providing clinical supervision and specialist Occupational Therapy advice across multiple settings--including homes, clinics, and schools. Based primarily in the East Riding, the post holder will also contribute to service-wide development, working within the Occupational Therapy team and with Clinical Lead and Principal Occupational Therapist, and the wider leadership team at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

The ideal candidate will bring specialist clinical reasoning skills, leadership capabilities, and a commitment to service improvement. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact in children's lives and supporting a skilled therapy team, we'd love to hear from you.

Band 5 to Band 6 Development post will be considered depending on relevant experience.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

- Deliver specialist clinical care to children and young people with complex physical needs.
- Contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of high standards of care and service delivery across the wider service.
- Support and mentor junior staff and students, providing clinical supervision and promoting best practice.
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and innovation.
- Collaborate with colleagues, families, and partner agencies to ensure a holistic and integrated approach to care.
- Demonstrate and maintain up-to-date Occupational Therapy knowledge and skills.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information with regard to this advert please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

- Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Specialist knowledge of occupational therapy practice working with children
- Evidence of practice educator experience and SLIP training
- Competent IT skills to be able to use corporate systems and Electronic Patient Record systems.
- Evidence of current continuing professional development (CPD)
- Willingness to consider undertaking the training required to provide Practice Placements for students.
- Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area
- Experience of using SystmOne electronic record system

Experience

- Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area
- Understanding of caseload management clinical responsibilities
- Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation

Skills and Competencies

- Able to demonstrate effective inter-personal/communication skills and work flexibly within the team/service
- Evidence of good time management skills
- Ability to commute between the various sites
- Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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