Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

CYPS Occupational Therapist - Band 7

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Children and Young People's Occupational Therapy Services as a Specialist Band 7 Clinical Lead. The Children's Occupational Therapy is part of an Integrated Children's Directorate providing services for children and young people with challenges to their physical health and also those with learning disability and autistic spectrum conditions within health, social care, education and the local acute hospital. We welcome applicants that have strong clinical skills alongside some leadership experience from a paediatric OT background.

Using the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance (CMOP), the service provides occupational therapy focussed assessment and intervention strategies across 0-18 years (19 if in education). Key aspects include:

  • Focus on the Care Aims ethos and approach to facilitate and enable clients to develop their own competencies
  • Focus on achieving better outcomes with identified physical functional independence needs within activities of daily living.
  • Core to service delivery is a commitment to a "whole system" approach and valuing strong partnership working with multi agency colleagues.

Main duties of the job

The Directorate provides a range of offers to make a positive difference to children's lives by providing inclusive services that strive to ensure best outcomes and service experience as well as facilitating personalised, needs led care. In addition. we work to continuously reduce barriers and enhance service offers which reach out to children and young people whose lives are affected by childhood health inequalities

The successful candidate will;

  • Provide clinical leadership and expertise within the service to ensure service delivery reflects best/evidence based practice as well as embracing continuous learning and improvement.
  • Independently manage a specialised clinical caseload of children/young people and their families, involving providing clinical assessment, advice and the delivery of treatment programmes for children and young people with complex physical healthcare needs
  • Provide clinical leadership and hold delegated line management responsibilities for junior staff as part of the senior management team in Children's Occupational Therapy Service.
  • Support delivery of Key Performance Indicators and service evaluation.
  • Work closely with CYPS allied health and nursing professionals to provide MDT working.

About us

What can we offer you?

  • Opportunity to develop service evaluation and Quality Improvement (QI) skills as part of your CPD.
  • Opportunities to shape and develop Children's OT services
  • A challenging and stimulating work environment in a service which is committed to the young people and families who need it.
  • A variety of competitive employee benefits including access to a range of salary sacrifice schemes and discounts

Please note that all candidates who declare themselves on their application form to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted in accordance with the Trust's Two Ticks Pledge on disability.

The Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust is a signatory to the Mindful Employer Charter: www.mindfulemployer.net.

For further information please contact Katie Nixon, Head of Service for CYPS Occupational Therapy (Tel:07964 208786). We would welcome the chance to talk through the role with potential candidates.

Details

Date posted

23 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-22-1352

Job locations

Springbank Clinic

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG


Job description

Job responsibilities

We are seeking a clinical practitioner who has the necessary professional qualifications, including current registration as outlined in the person specification. The post may require flexible working to meet the needs of the service.

This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice prior to applying for the role.

Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render them liable to dismissal.

We are keen to develop a more representative diversity of our senior staff and particularly encourage applications from those individuals with protected characteristics - in particular from women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ and disabled candidates.

The Trust aims to recruit and retain the best possible staff who, through the application of their skills, qualification and experience, will make a positive contribution to our business of providing quality health care services. It is the Trusts view that the costs associated with moving house in order to take up a post with us should not restrict our ability to recruit the excellent people we need; therefore, we support staff to relocate with our relocation policy.

To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice prior to applying for the role.

Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render them liable to dismissal.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are proud to have been recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust, evidencing the provision of the best care for Veterans and driving to improve the care for veterans and their families. Find out more about this by clicking on the link at the right-hand side, titled Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are seeking a clinical practitioner who has the necessary professional qualifications, including current registration as outlined in the person specification. The post may require flexible working to meet the needs of the service.

This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.

A valid UK driving licence plus the use of own transport for business purposes is essential. For qualifying staff the Trust has a Lease Car Scheme in place and also offers a popular Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme with our partner Tusker.

To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice prior to applying for the role.

Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render them liable to dismissal.

We are keen to develop a more representative diversity of our senior staff and particularly encourage applications from those individuals with protected characteristics - in particular from women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ and disabled candidates.

The Trust aims to recruit and retain the best possible staff who, through the application of their skills, qualification and experience, will make a positive contribution to our business of providing quality health care services. It is the Trusts view that the costs associated with moving house in order to take up a post with us should not restrict our ability to recruit the excellent people we need; therefore, we support staff to relocate with our relocation policy.

To ensure you fully understand how the Trust, as a Data Controller, will process and store your data please read the attached document Applicant and Staff Privacy Notice prior to applying for the role.

Candidates for any staff appointment shall, when making application, disclose in writing to the Trust whether they are related to any governor. Failure to disclose such a relationship may disqualify a candidate and, if appointed, may render them liable to dismissal.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust are proud to have been recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust, evidencing the provision of the best care for Veterans and driving to improve the care for veterans and their families. Find out more about this by clicking on the link at the right-hand side, titled Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance.

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy State Registered Occupational Therapist and be registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable

  • Relevant NHS leadership or operational management qualifications

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CYPS field or skill

Desirable

  • Completion of Clinical/Practice Educators Course or equivalent
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/degree in Occupational Therapy State Registered Occupational Therapist and be registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Desirable

  • Relevant NHS leadership or operational management qualifications

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of formal post graduate learning within a relevant CYPS field or skill

Desirable

  • Completion of Clinical/Practice Educators Course or equivalent

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Springbank Clinic

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Springbank Clinic

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG


Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Service CYPS Occupational Therapy

Katie Nixon

Katie.Nixon@ghc.nhs.uk

07964208786

Details

Date posted

23 December 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-22-1352

Job locations

Springbank Clinic

Springbank Way

Cheltenham

GL51 0LG


Supporting documents

Privacy notice

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)