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    Student Occupational Therapist - Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom - Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

    Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
    Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.


    As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues.


    We are excited to be able to offer a full time opportunity for one year to a Senior Band 6 Occupational Therapist working in the Exeter, East and Mid Devon locality.

    You will be able to provide a high standard of assessment and intervention for the children and young people that we work with.

    We are an innovative, dedicated and friendly service with both development and CPD opportunities.


    You will be expected to have clinical supervisory skills and be able to hold a complex and varied caseload, working across the different environments such as home, schools and clinics.

    Deliver specialist occupational therapy advice, assessment and interventions to a client group of children and young people experiencing a range of difficulties maximising their occupational performance within different settings.

    Interventions may include direct therapy, coaching, training, provision or recommendations for suitable adaptive equipment where this is a statutory provision and provide specialist guidance and recommendations for home or school adaptations.

    Supervise and support Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Workers and/or Integrated Therapy assistants.
    Mentor/ clinically supervise newly qualified Occupational Therapists and Band 4/5 staff as required.
    Participate in the provision of student placements.
    Participate in clinical audits and clinical research as appropriate.

    Children and Family Health Devon is a system-wide service that delivers an integrated, coordinated support model which wraps around the child, young person and family.

    It builds on our strong relationships across education, health, social care and voluntary sector services in Devon, and, most importantly, it has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

    Our Children and Young People say...

    We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

    To write reports reflecting knowledge of paediatrics that can be accessible to both lay and professional people.
    To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
    To demonstrate specialist Occupational Therapy knowledge across a range of therapeutic interventions.

    To integrate evidence from a variety of sources to make a differential diagnosis, of occupational performance, seeking advice as appropriate.

    Planning and organisation

    To be responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities. To be responsible for the supervision and co-ordination of Occupational Therapy Technicians on a daily basis.
    To be responsible for the supervision of Band 5 staff on a regular basis.

    Responsibility for patient/client care, treatment and therapy


    Undertakes all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including professional and legal accountability and clinical risk management for all aspects of own work.

    To perform advanced therapeutic assessment of children who present with developmental problems, long term conditions and may have severe communication impairment, learning disability, complex and severe physical and sensory disability.

    To use advanced questioning and communication, manual assessment techniques and clinical reasoning skills to provide a diagnosis and prognosis enabling the delivery of an individualised occupational therapy treatment programme.

    This includes but is not exclusive to the appropriate selection of referrals for inclusion in a range of treatment and management options, including neuro developmental, motor co-ordination, sensory differences, specialised equipment and environmental adaptations.

    Access to advice and support is available from peers, the paediatric team and clinical manager.
    To co-produce specialist clear care plans based on best practice with children, young people and their families/carers.
    To ensure care plans are written in an understandable format for the child, young person and their family/carer.

    To provide specialist Occupational Therapy intervention including 1:1 / group therapy, parent/ carer-based interventions and consultancy/coaching mentoring within a range of community settings.

    To always consider safeguarding and child protection issues, following relevant policies and procedures and receiving safeguarding supervision as required.


    Responsibility for policy and service development implementation


    To provide children and young people with the opportunity to express their views in an age appropriate way, to have their opinions considered and to be able to influence the shaping of services.

    To interpret and assist in the implementation of local and national guidelines, policies and procedures affecting the development of childrens services.

    To follow their employers policies, procedures and guidance as well as professional standards and guidelines.

    To work to the financial policies and procedures as laid down by the employer.

    The post holder is responsible for maintaining a clear desk policy and protecting all confidential information in accordance with the organisations policies and procedures.

    Complete an assessment, order, set up the provision of specialist equipment for identified children. Responsibility for human resources, e.g. supervision, training, HR advice and management


    Contribute to the delivery of a range of training opportunities, as appropriate using a broad range of technology to develop and deliver.

    Supervise the work of Occupational Therapy Technicians and/or Integrated Therapy Assistants where necessary.
    To mentor and supervise newly qualified occupational therapists as required.
    To oversee the caseload management of newly qualified staff and Occupational Therapy Technicians.

    To demonstrate the ability to target training (formal and informal) appropriately to the needs of course participants, reflecting and evaluating training provided.

    Ensure prompt action is taken in raising issues with regard to staff performance, sickness, attendance levels and any disciplinary, capability or grievance matters.

    To be responsible for accurate and timely inputting of data into relevant data collection system to ensure workload is accurately reflected.

    To be computer literate.
    To ensure all employers policies, procedures and guidelines are followed.
    To complete all statutory and mandatory training as required by the employer.
    To identify and manage risks through incident reporting when appropriate.

    To take part in activities designed to improve service delivery or quality of care such as staff surveys, participation and service development.


    Participate in clinical research as appropriate.

    Works within codes of practice as defined by Royal College of Occupational Therapy and HCPC.
    Works within organisational policies

    Degree in Occupational Therapy
    Diploma level specialist training or experience
    Post-graduate certified courses specific to children's needs (e.g. Sensory training ADOS, 3di etc)
    To have working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own quality and safety of practice
    o Extensive knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practice and specialist approaches

    oExtensive knowledge of legislation affecting clinical practice such as manual handling, housing and SE Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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