Band 6 Paediatric Occupational TherapistNHS
Job summary
Are you passionate about empowering children and young people to fulfil their potential in daily occupations such as self-care, school and leisure?
This post is a fixed term position to support the Experts at Hand (EAH) Plan associated with the SEND Reform. This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with Speech and Language Therapy colleagues to provide an enhanced service for early years, primary and secondary school settings. This role will include working within the core service alongside the EAH plan.
We are looking for an experienced Band 6 OT, who shows a passion for school-based Paediatrics and is motivated to develop their skills and knowledge within a supportive environment. We value new ideas and contributions to develop this new pathway.
For any questions, contact Marie Roberts on 0121 722 8010.
Main duties of the job
Support the implementation of universal, targeted, and specialist interventions.
Lead in the creation and delivery of training packages which consider key areas such as sensory processing, motor skills and self-care skills.
Work confidently and effectively within the multi-disciplinary team, making recommendations, monitor outcomes and gather feedback from key stakeholders.
To provide formal supervision and leadership within the team to junior members of the team.
To participate in service analysis and development to ensure practice is evidence based.
To be able to work within trust policies.
To keep accurate and up to date case notes.
To have an ability to cope with flexible working patterns and adapt to change, capacity and demand.
To have excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills
To have high organisation and time management skills.
Job description
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About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.