Job summary
Hours: Part time (minimum 22.5 hours) / Full time (37.5 hours)
Based at: The Whitehouse, Addlestone, Surrey covering the North East Surrey Boroughs of Spelthorne, Epsom and Ewell and Elmbridge.
This post is subject to higher cost living allowance, access to NHS pension Scheme and the Golden hello payment incentive.
Do you want to:
- Develop a career in Children’s OT or pursue a change in specialism?
- Join a service that is at the forefront of evidence based practice and leading in contemporary OT approaches across health and education?
- Contribute to the provision of high quality care within the local community?
Children and Family Health Surrey provides a dynamic and forward thinking community OT service, we are seeking to recruit to a post that will offer the opportunity to blend community and School Based practice, under the guidance of lead OTs who are directly involved with the RCOT & CYPF. Our service values skill development, continuing professional development as well as providing opportunities for all team members to have a direct contribution to shaping and developing the service that they provide. We are excited to offer an opportunity to a B6 candidate who has ambitions to begin or shift their career toward providing a high quality service to the children, young people and families of Surrey.
Main duties of the job
The post will have a strong emphasis on development and regular supervision will be made available as will the opportunity to attend in-service as well as external training. The service has a strong focus on leadership and mentoring and also promotes peer supervision at all levels of experience. Therapists at CSH Surrey are encouraged to develop a broad skill mix as well as being able to focus on areas of interest in practice, engage in projects that support development of service pathways and review the use of evidence in practice.
Within easy reach of London, Surrey offers the balance between city and countryside all accessible via major road networks M25, M23, A3 and M3.
We welcome applications from qualified therapists with a Peadiactric background as well as those who are seeking a change of specialism, therefore experience of working with children is desirable but not essential.
This post will offer the successful candidates the opportunity to work alongside our supportive team of experienced therapists and assistants in providing a high quality occupation based provision to children aged 0-19 years, who have a variety of conditions, including Cerebral Palsy, Autistic Spectrum Disorders and learning difficulties.
Please see the
attached Job Description and personal specification for more details and
requirements for the role.
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surrey’s
largest and longest established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+
employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe ‘High Cost
Allowance’ of 5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and
development opportunities, including the care certificate, apprenticeships,
numeracy and literacy courses, access to the Nursing Associate programme, and a
wide variety of management and leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our
values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active
employee council called The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure
colleagues' voices are heard at Board level.
If you are a passionate, person-focused
individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
If you want more information about CSH please
select ‘CSH – A great place to work’ document attached in the advert or visit
our website. www.cshsurrey.co.uk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose
The post holder will provide a high
standard of Occupational Therapy within the services covered by the department
and perform comprehensive assessments of children some of whom will have
complex needs.
To devise child centred treatment plans through
selective techniques and graded activities to ensure that the individual’s full
potential is developed or maintained.
To work as an autonomous practitioner,
undertaking a significant clinical caseload, working without direct supervision
but with access to a Band 6 Occupational Therapist for regular clinical
supervision.
To ensure professional competence is
maintained by participating in all CPD opportunities and maintaining a
portfolio.
Principal
duties to include:
This list is intended to summarise the key
responsibilities and is not intended to cover every task that may be required
of the role: -
- To manage potentially stressful, upsetting or
emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
- To supervise junior Occupational Therapy staff
and where appropriate, Occupational Therapy students and therapy
assistants.
- To communicate effectively with all disciplines
involved in a child’s care both those from within the organisation and
those outside, ensuring effective multidisciplinary working.
- To communicate complex and sensitive information
to clients, carers and other staff including imparting unwelcome news
relating to their rehabilitation potential.
- To attend relevant multi professional and
multi-agency meetings as appropriate, in order to ensure appropriate
management of clients.
- To attend actively participate in staff meetings,
ensuring understanding of information imparted.
- To apply a flexible approach in communicating
both verbally and non-verbally with clients, carers and other
professionals.
- To ensure timely and effective communication with
the Occupational Therapy leadership
team on all professional matters.
- To effectively plan the daily management of a
caseload of children linked to allocated work.
- To respond to urgent referrals and occasionally
unpredictable work patterns. To prioritise clinical work and balance other
patient related and professional activities as the department requires.
- To administer specialist assessments used to
identify functional and environmental needs impacting on the child’s
functional performance.
- To implement, within your clinical practice the
standards and policies in each specialty and where applicable propose
changes to working practice.
- To use and maintain sound clinical reasoning
skills throughout the therapeutic process to ensure best practice and
identify risk.
- To assess clients, carers and other professionals
understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid consent and have the
capacity to work within a legal framework with clients who lack capacity
to consent to treatment.
- To use a range of treatment/ management
options in formulating programmes of care.
- To formulate accurate prognoses through
standardised and non-standardised assessments and recommend best course of
intervention, developing comprehensive therapy/discharge plans.
- To evaluate children’s progress, re-assess and
alter treatment programmes if required.
- To effectively plan the daily management of a
caseload of children.
- To respond to urgent referrals and occasionally
unpredictable work patterns .To prioritise clinical work and balance other
patient related and professional activities as the department requires.
- To communicate any changes in care plan or
treatment approach to other Occupational Therapists as necessary, e.g.
part time workers, before or after weekend working.
- To evaluate children’s progress, re-assess and
alter treatment programmes if required.
- To produce appropriate information for the use of
service users.
This job description is not
exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake such other duties
from time to time as are consistent with the responsibility of the grade.
This
job description is subject to review and development from time to time in
liaison with the post holder. As an employee of Central Surrey Health Ltd you
will be required to adhere to all the organisations policies and procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose
The post holder will provide a high
standard of Occupational Therapy within the services covered by the department
and perform comprehensive assessments of children some of whom will have
complex needs.
To devise child centred treatment plans through
selective techniques and graded activities to ensure that the individual’s full
potential is developed or maintained.
To work as an autonomous practitioner,
undertaking a significant clinical caseload, working without direct supervision
but with access to a Band 6 Occupational Therapist for regular clinical
supervision.
To ensure professional competence is
maintained by participating in all CPD opportunities and maintaining a
portfolio.
Principal
duties to include:
This list is intended to summarise the key
responsibilities and is not intended to cover every task that may be required
of the role: -
- To manage potentially stressful, upsetting or
emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
- To supervise junior Occupational Therapy staff
and where appropriate, Occupational Therapy students and therapy
assistants.
- To communicate effectively with all disciplines
involved in a child’s care both those from within the organisation and
those outside, ensuring effective multidisciplinary working.
- To communicate complex and sensitive information
to clients, carers and other staff including imparting unwelcome news
relating to their rehabilitation potential.
- To attend relevant multi professional and
multi-agency meetings as appropriate, in order to ensure appropriate
management of clients.
- To attend actively participate in staff meetings,
ensuring understanding of information imparted.
- To apply a flexible approach in communicating
both verbally and non-verbally with clients, carers and other
professionals.
- To ensure timely and effective communication with
the Occupational Therapy leadership
team on all professional matters.
- To effectively plan the daily management of a
caseload of children linked to allocated work.
- To respond to urgent referrals and occasionally
unpredictable work patterns. To prioritise clinical work and balance other
patient related and professional activities as the department requires.
- To administer specialist assessments used to
identify functional and environmental needs impacting on the child’s
functional performance.
- To implement, within your clinical practice the
standards and policies in each specialty and where applicable propose
changes to working practice.
- To use and maintain sound clinical reasoning
skills throughout the therapeutic process to ensure best practice and
identify risk.
- To assess clients, carers and other professionals
understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid consent and have the
capacity to work within a legal framework with clients who lack capacity
to consent to treatment.
- To use a range of treatment/ management
options in formulating programmes of care.
- To formulate accurate prognoses through
standardised and non-standardised assessments and recommend best course of
intervention, developing comprehensive therapy/discharge plans.
- To evaluate children’s progress, re-assess and
alter treatment programmes if required.
- To effectively plan the daily management of a
caseload of children.
- To respond to urgent referrals and occasionally
unpredictable work patterns .To prioritise clinical work and balance other
patient related and professional activities as the department requires.
- To communicate any changes in care plan or
treatment approach to other Occupational Therapists as necessary, e.g.
part time workers, before or after weekend working.
- To evaluate children’s progress, re-assess and
alter treatment programmes if required.
- To produce appropriate information for the use of
service users.
This job description is not
exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake such other duties
from time to time as are consistent with the responsibility of the grade.
This
job description is subject to review and development from time to time in
liaison with the post holder. As an employee of Central Surrey Health Ltd you
will be required to adhere to all the organisations policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- B.S.C Hons or diploma equivalent in OT
- Health Care Professionals Council License to Practice
Desirable
- Specialist course relevant to specialty eg school AMPs, CO- OP, Essentials in Occupational Therapy, Sensory integration
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of legislation and government policies.
- Broad knowledge of current best practice in occupational therapy and childrens services.
- Awareness of Evidence -Based Practice and application to professional practice.
- Adhere to Professional code of ethics, boundaries.
- Ability to establish rapport with colleagues, clients and carers
- Ability to work alone.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance in relation to current best practice and develop skills accordingly.
- Planning and decision making skills and problem solving.
- To be able to demonstrate knowledge development across several clinical fields.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to deliver training.
- Manage own time and prioritise caseload.
- Use supervision effectively to identify professional development needs.
- Evidence of CPD Portfolio.
- Ability to present self in professional and appropriate manner.
- Understands and responds to needs of the team demonstrates effective team and interagency working.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working with Children in the field of Occupational Therapy and / or other fields.
- Specialist knowledge of paediatric conditions.
- Fieldwork supervisor.
- Experience of providing advice and support/supervision to junior staff/students.
- Understanding of research techniques.
- Use of RIO.
- To be a member of a professional body or special interest group.
- Experience of research and audit.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- B.S.C Hons or diploma equivalent in OT
- Health Care Professionals Council License to Practice
Desirable
- Specialist course relevant to specialty eg school AMPs, CO- OP, Essentials in Occupational Therapy, Sensory integration
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of legislation and government policies.
- Broad knowledge of current best practice in occupational therapy and childrens services.
- Awareness of Evidence -Based Practice and application to professional practice.
- Adhere to Professional code of ethics, boundaries.
- Ability to establish rapport with colleagues, clients and carers
- Ability to work alone.
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance in relation to current best practice and develop skills accordingly.
- Planning and decision making skills and problem solving.
- To be able to demonstrate knowledge development across several clinical fields.
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to deliver training.
- Manage own time and prioritise caseload.
- Use supervision effectively to identify professional development needs.
- Evidence of CPD Portfolio.
- Ability to present self in professional and appropriate manner.
- Understands and responds to needs of the team demonstrates effective team and interagency working.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working with Children in the field of Occupational Therapy and / or other fields.
- Specialist knowledge of paediatric conditions.
- Fieldwork supervisor.
- Experience of providing advice and support/supervision to junior staff/students.
- Understanding of research techniques.
- Use of RIO.
- To be a member of a professional body or special interest group.
- Experience of research and audit.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
