Job overview
Are you a passionate leader ready to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people? If so, we welcome you to join our innovative and dynamic Children & Young People’s Integrated Therapy Service.
Why Now?We are committed to tackling health inequalities by embedding the Personalised Care Model approach. To strengthen this approach, it’s important that our leadership team is representative of the diverse communities we support in Buckinghamshire. We therefore welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We are keen to diversify our leadership team and are committed to developing leaders with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. We foster a culture where everyone feels a sense of belonging and can bring their authentic selves to work.
Why Us?
You will join a compassionate and enthusiastic senior leadership team working jointly with the Head of Service, the Early Years Operational Lead for Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Physiotherapy Operational Leads and Occupational Therapy Pathway Leads to ensure the high-quality delivery of these services
Main duties of the job
You will be our Operational Lead for Occupational Therapy, School Age, providing strategic, operational, professional and clinical leadership to our school age occupational therapy pathways. Our service is an integrated therapies model, consisting of speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy, providing therapy support for children and young people with education, health and care needs in partnership with the Local Area.
What is involved?
·Oversee the delivery of school age occupational therapy services, ensuring that all children receive the support they need to succeed.
·As a service we collaborate with partners within a programme of transformation in the Local Area for children with SEND, you will co-produce services with service users and key partners in health, education, social care and the voluntary sector to support a whole system response to the needs of children and young people.
·Manage resolution processes as necessary, ensuring every child’s voice is heard and their needs are met with care and respect.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
8. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
9. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
10. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education, qualifictaions and training
Essential criteria
11. Degree or Diploma (Occupational therapy)
12. Professional registration with HCPC.
13. Post graduate clinical/ management qualification or equivalent level of experience and proven ability to perform at this level
14. Significant demonstrable experience of and demonstrable achievement in managing education/ health/social care services
15. Member of relevant professional body e.g. RCOT
Experience
Essential criteria
16. Experience of developing and maintaining effective partnerships with stakeholders in the redesign of services
17. Experience of effectively leading and implementing change
18. Extensive experience of working with CYP 0-19
19. Experience of budget management / management of resources
20. Experience of monitoring staff performance
21. Experience of tribunal and resolution work and processes
Skills, knowledge and abilities
Essential criteria
22. Highly skilled at working with children in homes, educational environments and clinic settings.
23. Expert knowledge of assessments and interventions for children of 0-19 across health, education and equipment needs.
Special circumstances
Essential criteria
24. Able to travel across sites in Buckinghamshire.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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