Rotational Children's Occupational Therapist

Job description

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Come and join our exciting and dynamic Children and Young People's Therapies Team

Are you interested in working with children and young people but are unsure which clinical area you are interested in?

If you are then we invite you to join our new Band 6 Children's integrated rotation. This new rotation will provide you with the opportunity to rotate across 4 areas of specialism: early years, school aged children, sensory processing pathway and home equipment services across health, education and social care.

All the rotations will come with a highly structured training programme, peer support opportunities and supervision from experiences clinicians in each clinical field.

Access to car or ability to travel between county-wide locations is essential.

Main duties of the job

• To practise paediatric occupational therapy at a very competent level across a broad range of duties ensuring thatcompetency levels are maintained and improved by continuous professional development.
• As part of a team to provide a Paediatric Occupational Therapy intervention to children and young people from birth to eighteen years, referred to and accepted by the service in line with service delivery
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• To work within a variety of community settings e.g. schools and children's centres to provide OT intervention.
• To take the lead on specific aspects of service development
• To lead a team of junior staff in delivering specific aspects of the OT service.
• To provide training to colleagues, parents/carers and the wider workforce on all aspects of OT delivery and intervention.

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