Occupational Therapist – Band 6 inTrowbridge inTrowbridge PUBLISHED THU 31 OCT 2024

To provide support and assistance as a Childrens Occupational Therapist working with children in Wiltshire aged 0-19. As part of Childrens Integrated Therapy team to autonomously manage a complex caseload of children with a range of varied and complex needs. This will involve specialist assessment, treatment, and management of children with complex needs. Youwork in various community localities to include clinic settings, nurseries, schools, and clients homes across Wiltshire. Helping toassess and treat your own caseload of patients and to maintain own records as an autonomous practitioner andprovide clinical and peer supervision and contribute to the overall service delivery model and team advancement.

Patient/client care

• You will complete comprehensive assessments of needs for the children.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise functional potential and to ensure understanding of condition. Communication skills of motivation, explanation, empathy and gaining informed consent will be used with a wide variety of patients.
• Be able to effectively communicate with children and young people, families and other professionals to agree joint goals for therapy.

Operational and Administrative Responsibilities

• Beresponsible and accountable for all aspects of own work, including the management of patients in your care.
• You will also accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organise this efficiently and effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time. To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support junior staff to do likewise.

Financial and physical resources

• To be responsible for ensuring the effective selection and use of all treatment resources available in the department
• Arrange and attend a variety of appointments and equipment, including treatment sessions, equipment appointments etc

About us

As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, youll be part of our valued team at our service in Trowbridge.

You will feel valued as an Occupational Therapistwithin HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including-

• £35,392 - £42,618 Band 6 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
• Plentiful on site-parking
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical well being from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to e Learning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose- changing lives through transforming health and care.The Ideal Candidate

  Degree/diploma equivalent

  • HPCP registration
  • 2 years Post grad Occupational Therapy experience
  • Work experience with children in the wider setting
  • Broad knowledge of current best practice
  • Competent to use standardised assessments and outcome measures
  • Able to act independently and on own initiative but recognise limitations.
  • Have strong problem solving/analytical skills
  • Articulate and good communication skills
  • Self-directed in learning and commitment to CPD