Paediatric Occupational Therapist – Specialist Practitioner (Band 6)

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care & Health Qualified (Kingston & Richmond)
Location : Moor Lane, Achieving for Children
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £34.00

About the role
As a Band 6 paediatric Occupational Therapist you will work in a range of settings as an autonomous
practitioner, providing high quality paediatric occupational therapy to support children and young
people with disabilities to achieve their potential. You will have the opportunity to work
collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to support children and young people’s occupational
therapy needs and provide specialist advice to other disciplines. You will carry a specialist caseload of children and young people with a variety of complex physical, learning and social needs and be responsible for writing reports for EHCP and MDT assessments/reviews. As part of the role you will contribute to the supervision of students on clinical placement and support workers who are working with children and young people on your caseload.

Qualifications
● Diploma/BSc/Graduate Diploma/MSc in Occupational Therapy.
● Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
● Additional short specialist courses relevant to your own clinical area and documented
evidence of CPD (maintained portfolio).
Skills and experience
● Experience of clinical assessment and intervention as an Occupational Therapist.
● Passionate about and/or have experience in working as an OT in paediatrics.
● Working knowledge of child development, neuro-development and childhood occupations.
● Able to plan and prioritise workload, demonstrate initiative through being consistently
solution focused.
● Skilled in assessment planning, implementing and evaluating treatment, complying with
professional and service standards and working as an autonomous practitioner.
● Able to prepare clearly written reports for use by multiple agencies.
● Knowledge, training and experience of a using range of therapeutic techniques and
approaches, including non-standardised and standardised assessments.
● Knowledge/experience of physical and developmental disabilities and their impact on
occupational performance.
● Experience and participate in clinical audits/research.
● Able to communicate sensitive, condition related information to clients using empathy and
reassurance and able to reflect and critically appraise own performance.
● Able to provide and implement OT programmes within a specialist field and work
collaboratively to upskill school staff and caregivers through training, sharing advice and
strategies to support the child/young person.
● Supervision of students and / or support/junior staff.
Personal attributes
● 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 and young people.
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, young people and families.
● Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills that are open, honest, persuasive and
pragmatic, including excellent negotiation and influencing skills.