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Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
About
We’re a community and mental health trust, providing a wide range of services to people of all ages living in Berkshire. And to do this, we employ approximately 4,500 staff who operate from our many sites as well as out in people’s homes and in various community settings.
We've recently been rated as ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. This award supports our wider aim to be a leading provider of mental and physical health services.
We deliver joined up physical and mental health services, helping people to remain independent at home for as long as possible and providing the care and support that best meets the needs of our patients, in the most suitable location.
We run a number of specialist clinics and services aimed at young people, adults and older people to support and treat mental health, physical health and sexual health conditions.
We work in partnership with Berkshire’s two acute hospital trusts, Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. We also work closely with Berkshire’s six local authorities and a diverse range of community and charitable organisations.
We’re also a digital pioneer, having been named by NHS England as a ‘Global Digital Exemplar’– one of only seven mental health trusts in the country to gain this status. This will allow us to transform patient care through new technologies.
Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Closed for applications on: 16-Jun-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 16-Jun-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Marks Hospital
- Address
- 112 St Marks Road
- Town
- Maidenhead
- Postcode
- SL6 6DU
- Major / Minor Region
- Berkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £37,162 - £44,629 per annum (Incl. HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- CYPIT East Berkshire
Job overview
Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking to develop your skills in paediatrics? Are you looking for a role that offers as well as career development?
Here in the CYPIT team we have the opportunity for an experienced band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team based in Maidenhead.
You will hold a mixed caseload developing your clinical skills within early years, school age and special schools. You will need to have previous experience working with families from a wide variety of backgrounds and have an understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people.
You will collaborate across a multi-disciplinary team communicating with various parties to ensure that we deliver a seamless service. Understanding of the value of integrated services is essential. You will be expected to act as an ambassador for our service and will have excellent communication skills ensuring you are calm and confident, dealing with challenging situations.
Working in a passionate team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel.
The service operates Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00 pm and we are open to both full and part time applications.
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- Take responsibility for a dedicated caseload and clinical role.
- Carry out clinical assessments within your level of clinical knowledge and skill.
- Identify relevant therapy needs from which you can develop and deliver an individualised management plan, with support from a senior therapist as needed.
- Contribute to and deliver training to schools/early years setting, parents, CYP and staff, as part of therapy support and delivery.
- Contribute to the implementation and development of the impact-based model of clinical decision making.
- Work collaboratively with education, local authority, medical and nursing staff to ensure delivery of a coordinated integrated service along with Speech and Language Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues.
- Opportunity to develop leadership and management skills, overseeing junior staff and students
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solution
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
- Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
- To be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration
- Experience of working as an Occupational Therapist with children and young people
- Full UK license with access to vehicle
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Gemma West on 07789741450 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification e.g. Professional knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist Training
- Able to demonstrate required clinical knowledge of up to date Occupational therapy interventions and service issues relevant to Children and Young Peoples service provision.
- An understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people
Desirable criteria
- Clinical educators course
- Member of relevant clinical specialist interest group
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Recognised CPD in area of clinical specialism
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervision and training of other band 5 therapists/students and other professionals
- Willingness to undertake leadership and management training and development
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 1.5 years’ experience in working with children
- Experience of undertaking assessment of and supporting children with complex presentations.
- Experience of supporting CYP in both community and educational settings.
Desirable criteria
- Experience with developing and delivering training programmes to support service delivery.
- Experienced and able to demonstrate a commitment to integrated working and close partnership working with internal and external partners.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a value system which puts the child at the heart of actions
- Evidence of an understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people
- Able to demonstrate a clinical knowledge and familiarisation with a range of standardised and non-standardised assessment tools relevant to occupational therapy interventions
- Able to use IT to support and innovate clinical development
- Excellent, succinct written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work in a calm and confident manner in stressful situations
- Ability to work successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Knowledge of current professional and statutory issues
- Ability to self motivate
Desirable criteria
- Ability to act as a role model and leader to others, in adopting change
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Car Driver and willingness to work across Berkshire, as required
- Good interpersonal skills
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jamie Poole
- Job title
- Talent Acquisition Partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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