Occupational Therapy Early Years Upper Limb Specialist | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 May 2024 |
| Location: | Canterbury, CT1 3NG |
| Company: | Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6196094/846-6196094-UJ |
Summary
We have an opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist with an interest in Upper Limb Specialism to join the East Kent team as a clinical lead.
The post is for 30 hours (4 days) a week and exact pattern of how these will be worked to be confirmed.
The Children’s Therapies Team is an integrated therapies team providing Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Specialist Nurse Advisors and Care Co-ordinators to children 0 – 19 years within KCHFT.
This vacancy is within the East Kent Team based in Canterbury. The successful applicant will join our other OT Clinical Leads in East Kent and will join the network of Clinical Leads working in the North West locality within the Trust.
We work closely with colleagues from other health, education and social care teams to provide an integrated team around the child approach.
Co-ordinating and leading on Early Years across East Kent.
Leading on service policy and clinical care pathways across the trust in this specialist clinical area.
Ensuring team members are working to agreed Early Years care pathways.
Ensuring staff have regular access to effective supervision, training and support to enhance their CPD in this area.
Reporting to and advising on development requirements in this specialist area to Professional Leads, Team Leads, LocalityClinical Manager and/or Head of Service.
Participating in reflective practice and on going learning within the field of paediatric occupational Therapy andspecifically Early Years .
Band 7 Clinicians are part of the Leadership Team and hold responsibility for delegated line management and supervisionof staff within the team.
On a day to day basis you will manage a complex /specialist clinical caseload within the Early and School YearsOccupational Therapy team in order to support children with a range of needs to participate in occupations of childhood.
Additional Working Pattern: 30hours mon-Fri (x4 7.5 hour)
One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent.
We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.
Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.
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The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.
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This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Apr 2024