Job overview

We are looking for a motivated therapist to join our dynamic and friendly children’s occupational therapy service. This role will be rotational across Bristol, North, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Children's services.  Including nurseries, school’s and health settings.

The team is part of a NHS children’s therapy service which consists of a wide range of health professionals  and which has strong links to both mainstream and special schools.

You will work alongside other experienced professionals to understand the needs of the children and young people who have difficulties with functional and physical skills. 

The children and young people referred may have conditions such as developmental coordination disorder or cerebral palsy. The aim is to help these children and young people develop independence and their functional skills and to meet their physical potential. Supervision and training is valued and provided regularly from within the teams. 

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will be to provide assessment and therapeutic interventions for infants, children or young people referred into the service. This could include  assessing children for potential difficulties with handwriting, self-care  or play skills.

Following assessment you will be required to set out interventions or recommendations and follow these through or work with therapy technicians who will complete blocks of interventions.

There may be requirement to run therapeutic group work.

You will be required to record your work in the child’s medical notes and complete reports and contributions to Education and Health care plans. 

You will be expected to attend regular supervision and training and work as part of a team whilst also being confident to work autonomously

Working for our organisation

We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, it’s about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care we would expect for ourselves and our families.

At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, people and communities. We welcome applications from all who feel they have the skills and attributes to make a real difference.

Benefits:

We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and the NHS pension scheme plus much more! 

Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for details.

We offer NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) salary including annual leave supplement, Stakeholder pension, a range of health and wellbeing incentives, high street discounts, plus much more!