Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 820-7170387-CF-B
- Employer
- Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Soho Health Centre
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 5 Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Band 5
Job overview
***Please note that this post will close once sufficient applicants have been received so may be closed before the advertised closing date. Please submit your application as soon as possible***
Are you a newly qualified OT? Or an experienced Band 5 looking for a new challenge? Are you passionate about collaborative working with children in community settings? Then this maybe the post for you.
Candidates should be enthusiastic and have excellent communication skills. They should be motivated to develop their skills for the benefit of children and families.
The work will involve assessments of children and delivering intervention in the form of prescribed Packages of Care. There will be opportunities available to deliver workshops to empower parents and support continuity of care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will manage a defined caseload of children with a variety of conditions. These may include autism, neurological disabilities, functional difficulties and children with sensory processing difficulties. To be responsible for the assessment and on-going therapeutic management of children in community settings which may include, schools, nurseries, home visits and in community clinics. The post holder will competently assess and deliver OT programmes to children in the service and will be accountable for their own clinical work as well as to their nominated supervisor.
This is a community post, across the large city of Birmingham, with a caseload of children and young people with neurological and developmental conditions.
Our Occupational Therapists work with children aged 0 to 19 in community settings across Birmingham.
Working for our organisation
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To be responsible for a clinical caseload within the community/CDC and monitor own workload/ treatment methods in order to maintain high professional standards. To advise for Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy and Service Clinical Manager of related issues as appropriate.
- To be professionally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work, including the management of children on the caseload
- To assess and reassess the needs of the child, analysing and interpreting the information gathered to contribute to the diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan.
- To provide care plans to meet goals and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions using appropriate outcome measures and make any necessary modifications
- Develop intervention packages to be delivered as one to one sessions either by the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.
- To carry out nursery and/or home visits as appropriate teaching others to carry out activities as appropriate to support treatment goals.
- To provide specialist OT advice and suggestions to other professionals involved e.g. doctors, physiotherapists, nursery nurses, family support workers and speech and language therapists, etc.
- To assess, provide and monitor the use of aids and appliances, liaising with Occupational Therapists from the Disabled Children’s Social Care team and teach the parents about health and safety issues surrounding the equipment.
- Supervise treatment plans devised by the occupational therapist and undertaken by the occupational therapy assistant.
- To supervise OT students on practice placement.
- To communicate effectively and sensitively with children and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential and ensure understanding of the condition and its implications, at times where English may not be the first language. This will involve the use of a range of communication skills including persuasion, motivation, explanation and an understanding of alternative communication systems that may be used by the child, including sign language, gestures and other non-verbal methods.
- To communicate user-related information effectively to the multi-disciplinary team, including colleagues in Education, Social Care and Health and acute services to ensure the delivery of a co-ordinated service.
- To contribute to the development of new service delivery model in order to facilitate the effective uses of resources and meet the current demand and changes.
- To be involved in different service development and clinical governance activities e.g. may lead clinical audits, undertake research etc. specific to setting
- To provide clinical cover for other therapists as appropriate
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma / degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registered Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience in an occupational therapy setting.
- Relevant Evidence of application of the OT process during practice placement in paediatrics and/or neurology and/or community.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate verbally in a manner appropriate to a variety of parties
- Ability to generate written communication, which is relevant ,concise, accurate and legible
- Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity to the needs of individuals from minority groups
- Knowledge of different conceptual models of practice in occupational therapy.
- Awareness of recent clinical developments and professional issues
- Understanding of the relevance of the principles of clinical effectiveness
Personal Qualties
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an ability to be flexible and participate in a changing NHS environment
Other Job Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel to various work locations
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Gray
- Job title
- Team Leader for Occupational Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07935 701 146
- Additional information
Carmel Kelly
SCM Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
07967471358
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