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Community Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Leyland
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 per annum
Closing date
19 Nov 2024
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Profession
Occupational therapist
Grade
Band 7
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
We have an exciting opportunity for experienced occupational therapist to join our children's therapy service at LSCFT as we embark on the development of our clinical leadership positions. New team members will join a team of occupational therapist which has x6 admin bases across Central Lancashire and Pennine. The post is advertised as full time however flexibility with hours can be considered.We are specifically looking for an Occupational Therapist with passion and drive to deliver effective services to children. We welcome applicants who wish to work as a part of a developing leadership team with existing clinical leads to shape the future of service provision.We are currently investing in a range of positions to ensure we achieve the best clinical outcomes for the population of children and young people in need of guidance, support and therapeutic intervention.

Main duties of the job

As part of your role you will consider the impact of neurological, biomechanical and postural challenges on function and participation for children and young people with neurological and genetic conditions. You will have a particular interest in muscle tone, therapeutic handling and postural management.You will contribute to the development of an outcome focused pathway which integrates as appropriate with other disciplines/services. The pathway will consider timeliness and efficacy of hands on therapeutic approaches and compensatory strategies through childhood up to adulthood. The pathway will also consider how specialist provision fits within a system wide, graduated response.You will be based at Leyland House, Leyland. Alongside providing day to day support to the team at Leyland House, you will provide leadership across the three Central Teams (Chorley and South Ribble, Greater Preston, and West Lancashire).Your clinical offer will be delivered by a combination of Telepractice and face to face appointments, some of which may be in the form of groups.We are looking for individuals who are keen to invest in their own development and in return we will support you through professional and clinical supervision, shadowing and co-working opportunities, in-service training, professional forums, trust wide AHP research group, and funding opportunities for relevant external training courses.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
  • Current Professional Registration with HCPC
  • Evidence of formal training / self-study / specialist experience to Masters level equivalent


Knowledge

Essential

  • Detailed understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
  • Extensive knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes and their applications for children with diverse needs/ related to client group
  • Extensive knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs


Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
  • Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice
  • Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change


Skills

Essential

  • Confident to work independently as lead specialist
  • High level analytical Problem Solving
  • High level reflective skills in relation to own practice and service delivery


Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leyland House

Leyland

PR26 6TY

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

351-CEN1118-CPC

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