Team Purpose
Our team's purpose is to empower children and young people to optimise their function and participation through collaborative, child centred therapy.
Responsibilities
* Work closely with OT's, physio's and assistants in your specific team
* Provide training, support and resources to empower families and professionals to enable the functional development
* Assessment of functional Abilities
* Provision of advice and signposting
* Involve the child or young person in setting their own goals
* Assessment and provision of equipment to maximise independence, participation & support their care
* Working closely with Physios, where appropriate, to jointly manage children on your shared caseload, including postural management
* Provide a range of treatment dependent on need
* See children at home, school, nursery and clinic
* Participate in individual and joint clinics
* Provide blocks of treatment
* Develop links with other health, education and social care professionals, along with building rapport with the children and families
* Work closely with Community OT to support home adaptations
* Engage in EHCP process
* Support development of assistants and students
* Participate in audit, service development & clinical governance
Due to the nature of the work, you will need to be able to independently travel across the city to undertake visits with equipment and resources.
A full‑time Band 5 vacancy has arisen in the Community Paediatric Therapy Team in Salford. The hours can be worked flexibly across Monday to Friday, to meet both candidate and service needs.
The team works across a variety of locations and paediatric specialities, including neurological, developmental and neuro‑diverse caseloads.
The Band 5 post will join another Band 5 OT in the team to work through the different specialties to develop a sound knowledge of all aspects of Community Paediatric OT, including postural management, equipment assessments and provision, functional treatment blocks, coordination and perceptual assessments and sensory processing.
Benefits
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work‑life balance.
* Band 7 leadership across all teams, for formal and informal support
* Opportunities for learning and development:
* Robust induction
* Competency framework
* In‑service training
* Peer support groups
* Support career aspirations
* Regular 1:1 supervision
* Preceptorship
* Joint working with senior therapists to develop skills
* Appraisal
* Comprehensive wellbeing offer
* Supportive and friendly team
Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack.
Company Overview
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
Inclusion and Equality
The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs. We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex‑personnel, and their relatives. If you are a member of the armed forces community you are entitled to a guaranteed interview. As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
Recruitment Information
Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified. For fixed‑term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed‑term contracts will be offered to external (non‑NHS) applicants. The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]
If so, we would love to hear from you!
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