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Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 02 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2025 |
| Location: | Wakefield, WF1 4DG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9377-25-0139 |
Summary
Main duties To support the delivery of a specialised Occupational Therapy service within the Children’s Therapy Service utilising in-depth theoretical and technical skills To independently manage a caseload of patients age 0-19 years with complex needs within the Children’s Therapy Service using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to minimise disability and maximise independence for independent living. To provide leadership, supervision, and appraisal for junior and non-qualified staff and students To participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of Occupational Therapy Services within the Children’s Therapy Service, holding responsibility for defined projects To fulfil contractual requirements of Service Level Agreements with external agencies to ensure integrated working of health, education and social care systems to meet the needs of children and young people. To understand and apply the Occupational Therapy process in the effective self-management of a caseload within the Children’s Therapy Service, assessing and mitigating risk, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits to enable service users in components of self-care, productivity and leisure. To know the professional and personal scope of own practice and make referrals to other agencies. To demonstrate specialist knowledge and understanding of the key concepts of biological, physical, social, psychological, and clinical sciences in relation to occupational performance relevant to Children’s Therapy Service. To utilise and advise others on the range of standard and non-standardised Occupational Therapy assessments and techniques in areas of occupational performance (education, leisure, personal, domestic, environment) and skill deficits relevant to Children’s Occupational Therapy. To be responsible for the assessment, prescription and evaluation of specialist equipment and adaptations for children with multiple and complex needs. To demonstrate a detailed working knowledge of conditions affecting children and childhood occupations and current Occupational Therapy approaches to their treatment and apply a high level of knowledge of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the individuals social and physical environment. To be able to use research, clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills including activity analysis to identify the therapeutic benefit of client centred interventions and make professional judgements with individuals with diverse or complex needs, or multiple problems according to outcome, changes in patient needs and environmental influences. To use specialist knowledge, training, and experience to plan and implement client centred individual and/or group treatment programmes for children with complex needs. To be able to formulate specific and appropriate management plans including the setting of time scales to accurately prioritise needs with individuals and the multi-disciplinary team, in relation to available resources and professional demands. To monitor, analyse, evaluate, and modify the Occupational Therapy process and treatment in order to measure progress and ensure the effectiveness of interventions. Using highly specialised knowledge, carry out and supervise a variety of physical interventions that require a high level of physical and manual dexterity. To apply a high level of knowledge of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the individuals social and physical environment. To work alone in a variety of environments, including home and school, this may include confined and unhygienic spaces that could present a risk to personal health and safety. To deliver Occupational Therapy interventions to the children’s ward to facilitate safer discharges. Key requirements Dip COT or relevant OT Degree Registration with HCPC Experience of working as a Children’s Occupational Therapist with a range of ages, who present with physical and or sensory processing difficulties which impact on daily occupational performance skills.