The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children's service.
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
1. Putting patients first
2. Aiming to get it right
3. Recognising that everybody counts
4. Doing everything openly and honestly
'Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Job overview
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 join us on a 1-year secondment or fixed term contract to help us build a strong future for our Paediatric Occupational therapy service. We also welcome applications from candidates seeking substantive employment as this will also be considered as an option for the service.
We are pleased to offer this rare and exciting opportunity 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. If this sounds like the position for you, then please get in touch for more information or to arrange an informal visit to the Newberry Centre.
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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.
Working for our organisation
The Newberry Centre offers community-based therapies and neurodevelopmental services to the children and young people in the local area. As a senior member of our paediatric occupational therapy service, your role will involve the day-to-day leadership of the service. You will provide clinical support and line management to the other members of the team and will have opportunities to both gain and develop experience in service development and clinical leadership. You will also hold your own caseload and therefore have opportunities to both maintain and further develop your own clinical practice, with support and encouragement to undertake further training. 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.
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.
Detailed job description and main 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 team's workload is appropriately prioritised and work is effectively distributed and coordinated across the team on a day-by-day basis
The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
'Prior consideration will be given to NHS At Risk staff within East of England'
Tier 2 Sponsorship : We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Visa and Immigration
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