Highly Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Achieving for Children Paediatric Occupational Therapy Service is part of the Integrated Team for Children with Disabilities Service based at the Moor Lane Centre in Chessington, funded jointly by the Royal Borough of Kingston and NHS Kingston. The team provides a service to Early Years children, mainstream schools and special schools to support children and young people who have significant functional difficulties.

Team members autonomously manage a mixed caseload with a range of neurological and developmental disabilities. To support and advise health colleagues, teaching professionals, parents and carers within the community in the management of cases.

Achieving for Children is going through an exciting period of growth and we plan to rapidly increase Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) referrals to the service and become the service of choice in the area of SEND.

About the role

• The post holder will manage and lead service delivery in the specific area of a complex needs special school.
• They will provide clinical support and supervision to other therapists and occupational therapy assistants. Planning the service within the specific area of work and taking the lead on providing strategic direction for others are key responsibilities of the role.
• They will contribute to the annual service team plan, other business, development plans as necessary and working closely with MDT colleagues.
• The postholder will be responsible for the continuous improvement of the speciality ensuring team knowledge base is current and evidence based.
• The post holder will carry a complex caseload of children and young people with a wide range of disabilities and will regularly report progress for clinical governance and audit purposes.

About you:

• Diploma/BSc/Graduate Diploma/MSc in Occupational Therapy
• Active HCPC registration and documented evidence of CPD (maintained portfolio)
• Additional short specialist courses relevant to paediatrics

Skills and experience

• Demonstrable extensive post qualifying clinical experience working in paediatrics, in particular working with a cohort of with PMLD and complex disability.
• Solid Knowledge of current best practice in paediatric OT and evidence of its
• application in assessment planning, implementing and evaluating treatment
• Significant experience of undertaking complex assessment and treatment with a wide
• variety of children and young people presenting with significant and complex needs
• Experience of providing clinical supervision
• Experience of training school staff and acting as a role model for junior staff
• Working knowledge of clinical governance and audit including its implementation
• Working knowledge of legislation and its implication for both clinical practice and
• professional management in relation to children and young people
• Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with
• colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.
• Highly effective communication skills with children, young people and families,teaching and other health professionals, ensuring participation of all involved in effective management of the childs complex physical, cognitive, perceptual and /or behavioral development needs. This requires skills in persuasion, motivation, gaining consent and trust and being able to explain complex issues in plain language.
• Effective use of negotiation and influencing skills with service users and colleagues who may challenge professional opinions, decisions or obstruct delivery of intervention.

Personal attributes

• A passion for Achieving for Childrens vision, mission and values to support children and young people to live safe, happy, healthy and successful lives.
• Commitment to lifelong learning, willingness to travel to other sites and work flexibly
• Strong organisational abilities including: time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving and multitasking
• Personal determination, drive, energy and ambition to overcome and achieve challenging objectives, celebrate success and deliver excellent outcomes for children.
• Taking a strength based approach to managing situations
• Commitment to resource-sharing and collaborative working within Achieving for Children and across organisational boundaries in the best interests of children and families.
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and pragmatic, including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable extensive post qualifying clinical experience working in paediatrics, in particular working with a cohort of with PMLD and complex disability.
• Solid Knowledge of current best practice in paediatric OT and evidence of its application in assessment planning, implementing and evaluating treatment
• Significant experience of undertaking complex assessment and treatment with a wide variety of children and young people presenting with significant and complex needs
• Experience of providing clinical supervision
• Experience of training school staff and acting as a role model for junior staff
• Working knowledge of clinical governance and audit including its implementation
• Working knowledge of legislation and its implication for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to children and young people
• Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.
• Highly effective communication skills with children, young people and families, teaching and other health professionals, ensuring participation of all involved in effective management of the childs complex physical, cognitive, perceptual and /or behavioral development needs. This requires skills in persuasion, motivation, gaining consent and trust and being able to explain complex issues in plain language.
• Effective use of negotiation and influencing skills with service users and colleagues who may challenge professional opinions, decisions or obstruct delivery of intervention

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma/BSc/Graduate Diploma/MSc in Occupational Therapy
• Active HCPC registration and documented evidence of CPD (maintained portfolio)
• Additional short specialist courses relevant to paediatrics

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable extensive post qualifying clinical experience working in paediatrics, in particular working with a cohort of with PMLD and complex disability.
• Solid Knowledge of current best practice in paediatric OT and evidence of its application in assessment planning, implementing and evaluating treatment
• Significant experience of undertaking complex assessment and treatment with a wide variety of children and young people presenting with significant and complex needs
• Experience of providing clinical supervision
• Experience of training school staff and acting as a role model for junior staff
• Working knowledge of clinical governance and audit including its implementation
• Working knowledge of legislation and its implication for both clinical practice and professional management in relation to children and young people
• Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/service users and taking action to solve them.
• Highly effective communication skills with children, young people and families, teaching and other health professionals, ensuring participation of all involved in effective management of the childs complex physical, cognitive, perceptual and /or behavioral development needs. This requires skills in persuasion, motivation, gaining consent and trust and being able to explain complex issues in plain language.
• Effective use of negotiation and influencing skills with service users and colleagues who may challenge professional opinions, decisions or obstruct delivery of intervention

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Achieving For Children

Address

The Moor Lane Centre

Moor Lane

Chessington

Surrey

KT9 2AA

Employer's website

https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)