Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Calling Occupational Therapists interested in paediatrics!

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose:

The post holder works as part of the Community Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service. The post holder works autonomously with emphasis being placed on multi-disciplinary working and multi-agency collaboration under the supervision of more senior Occupational Therapist, they have specific responsibility for:-

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• BSc.OT or Dip.COT
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of continued Professional Development including reflective practice, and clinical experience gained.

Desirable

• Member of CYP&F

Experience

Essential

• Experience of children including an understanding of Child Development and the needs of children with disabilities.
• Experience in the application of the OT process.
• Experience in functional assessments and activity analysis.

Desirable

• Experience in providing informal and formal presentations.

Knowledge of common paediatric conditions e.g.) cerebral palsy and developmental co-ordination disorder.

Experience in the use of standardised assessment tools and outcome measures.

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates a good standard of spoken and written English.
• Ability to provide written and verbal advice regarding Occupational Therapy intervention.
• Ability to modify communication with children, young people and their carers where there are barriers to understanding and acceptance.

Desirable

• Skills in postural seating
• Ability to apply counselling type skills
• Ability to deal with distressing emotional circumstances or situations including aggressive children, carers and families

About the employer

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.