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Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 29 October 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our community Paediatric Occupational Therapy team at the Newberry Child Development Centre. We are looking for a positive, proactive clinician to help us build a strong future for our Paediatric Occupational therapy team. You will have your own clinical caseload, providing advanced specialist assessments and interventions to a wide range of children and young people. You will also provide clinical support to team members and students as well as assist in their training and development. You will play an integral role in service development and work closely with the leadership of the team.
We are pleased to offer this rare position at a time of positive change for our strong and growing team. We welcome applications from all qualified and experienced practitioners who want to work in a supportive environment, which respects professional values and looks to develop and advocate for Occupational Therapy's contribution to our children and young people's service. We very much welcome applicants from qualified Sensory Integration therapists (up to Module 3 or 4), however, there will be opportunities to undertake this training, for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 7 Paediatric Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for your own complex caseload consisting of patients with a variety of different conditions whilst leading on the supporting/training of team members to develop within this specialist field and to manage their own caseloads. Good prioritisation, organisational and time management skills will be needed to balance clinical and non-clinical duties. You will need advanced communication skills to ensure a successful multidisciplinary approach to patient care, working in close liaison with the other teams including Neurodevelopmental and Physiotherapy. You will be in regular discussions with children, young people and their families, as well as other health, education and social care professionals. You will be responsible for other non-clinical duties such as in-service development ideas, training/supervision of students, therapy assistant practitioners and colleagues. This will include the use of formal appraisal documentation.
About us
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
Job responsibilities
To assist in the planning, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the Therapy Service (Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy) provided to children and young people including: patients with complex presentation throughout the Trust, on a day-to-day basis. This includes ensuring the teams workload is appropriately prioritised and work is effectively distributed and coordinated across the team on a day-by-day basis
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy (BSc/MSc)
* Current HCPC registration
* Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses
* Coaching/supervision training
* Leadership training, e.g. 16 steps
* Membership of relevant specialist group
* Recruitment training
Knowledge and Experience
* Band 6 experience which includes relevant work in a variety of child and young peoples' services, including paediatrics.
* Demonstrates specialist clinical skills within paediatric settings including complex case management.
* Significant experience of team working including integrated teams
* Evidence of variety of assessment skills within different clinical areas including paediatrics
* Evidence of involvement in service development, e.g. working on projects.
* Training and clinical supervision of clinical staff and students including the teaching of specialist skills
* Working knowledge of clinical governance/current topics in the NHS
* Demonstrates self-directional learning and the ability to evaluate own performance
Skills and Knowledge
* Self-motivated, proactive and resourceful
* Ability to use own initiative and problem solve
* Ability to act as an autonomous practitioner, organising, prioritising and delegating workload as appropriate
* Good communication skills, including empathy, motivational and assertiveness skills
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.
James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata
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