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Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
About
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area as well as across North Yorkshire and Leeds. We also provide children’s services in the North East in County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead and Sunderland.
Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist
Closed for applications on: 13-May-2024 08:46
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 13-May-2024 08:46
Key details
Location
- Site
- Harrogate District Hospital and Northallerton Child Development Centre
- Address
- Lancaster Park Road
- Town
- Harrogate
- Postcode
- HG2 7SX
- Major / Minor Region
- North Yorkshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Salary
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Main area
- Occupational therapy
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area as well as across North Yorkshire and Leeds. We also provide children’s services in the North East in County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead and Sunderland.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is one of only two trusts in Yorkshire and Humber to be awarded HSJ’s Top 100 Best Places to Work. We believe that You Matter Most, and this is reflected in what we value: Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.
Job overview
Working with our Principal Occupational Therapist and the children’s occupational therapy team, you will assist to further develop our ‘one team’ approach across both localities.
You will demonstrate highly developed skills and competence in this clinical area and understanding of evidence informed approaches. You will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the EHCP process. You will hold a varied clinical caseload of children with complex health needs.
This post can be based at either Child Development Centre ie at Harrogate Child Development Centre or Northallerton Child Development Centre, however you will provide clinical support across both localities.
We have been awarded an external contract with the local authority inclusion service. Within the scope of this contract, as a team, we provide a service to the whole of the North Yorkshire Council, including Hambleton & Richmondshire, Harrogate, Scarborough, Craven and Whitby & Ryedale.
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- To work as part of an interdisciplinary team in providing and contributing to the development of children’s occupational needs.
- To be autonomously responsible for a caseload of children with complex and multiple needs.
- To provide occupational therapy assessment, intervention and evaluation for children requiring inpatient care, or within clinic or community settings and within local authority targeted provisions.
- To undertake complex clinic, community and school based assessments with intervention programmes that have a focus on improving occupational performance and maximising participation
- To work within allocated special schools that serve children with complex health and care needs and complete postural and functional assessments to maximise the child’s occupational performance and participation.
- To work closely with children, families, carers and colleagues in partnership agencies, to identify individualised and meaningful goals that are measurable and achievable.
- To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions in collaboration with everyone involved, but with the child’s health and well being needs and wishes at the forefront.
- To advise on and prescribe specialist, assistive equipment at home, school and community settings to support the child and improve or maintain occupational performance.
Working for our organisation
The Children’s and County Wide Community Care Directorate at Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust provides a service for the community living in the Hambleton and Richmondshire and Harrogate and Rural localities. This post is based at one of our Child Development Centres in either Northallerton or Harrogate (base can be decided on appointment). The work within SEND hubs will involve travel as required across the whole of North Yorkshire including Hambleton & Richmondshire, Harrogate & Rural, Scarborough, and Whitby & Ryedale.
The Children’s Occupational Therapy Service is part of Specialist Children’s Services, comprising a team of over 90 members of staff, including administrative support, the autism assessment service, community paediatrics, clinical psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, specialist nursing and speech and language therapy.
We are a specialist health service for children and young people age 0-19 years of age with mainly physical, communication, learning and developmental difficulties, affecting their health and well-being. The occupational therapist provides skilled assessment, advice and interventions for children and young people and offers support and guidance to families and carers.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information or contact Eleanor Jones.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and are signatories of the Mindful Employer Charter which underlines our commitment to enhancing the emotional wellbeing of all staff. This commitment begins when you apply to work at our organisation. We will support individuals through reasonable adjustments both at interview and during ongoing employment. In line with the principles of flexible working and improving work life balance, all advertised full time posts will be considered for job share or part time.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, physical or mental health condition, addiction or other healthcare need.
We take pride in being a partner organisation in the Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Research Network and are committed to supporting research activity as part of the services we provide. We have research projects running across all specialties which are providing evidence and informing local and national practice.
All applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates, on their application. Applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered for the relevant eligible roles. Skilled Worker Sponsorship will not be provided for Band 2 or Band 3 roles. Please note that at this time HDFT is not recruiting from countries on the World Health Organisation Workforce Support and Safeguard List, 2020. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
All job offers are subject to Agenda for Change T&C’s, excluding medical posts. Offers may also be subject to a Standard or Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate, dependent on the position.
HDFT takes its responsibility for the Safeguarding of Children & Vulnerable Adults seriously. Each member of staff must comply with the HDFT policy, procedures and strategies relating to Safeguarding.
In submitting an application form, you automatically authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process, should you be appointed.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Registration with Health Care Professional Council
- • Diploma/BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy
- • Evidence of on-going professional development in area of specialism
- • UK driving licence
- • Evidence of CPD portfolio
- • Paediatric occupational therapy practice experience.
- • Practice placement education experience in a related OT clinical speciality e.g. learning disability, physical disability, social services etc, with the ability to transfer OT core skills to the OT process with children & young people
- • Experience of working within a community setting, &/or a multi-disciplinary team.
- • Car driver / ability to travel within locality
- • Criminal Records Bureau – enhanced disclosure.
Desirable criteria
- • Membership of the British Association of Occupational therapy
- • Children & Young People’s Special Interest Group. Membership.
- • Introductory/speciality short courses/study attended
- • Introductory knowledge/experience of current paediatric practice including specialist assessments, Postural assessment, child development, outcome measures, treatment approaches & models of intervention.
- • Direct work experience with children e.g. youth worker, voluntary work, nursery experience
- • Delegation of work to support staff.
- • Previous experience working as a band 6 within a paediatric setting
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eleanor Jones
- Job title
- Principal Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07796941614
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