Children's Specialist Occupational Therapist

We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 7 Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist to join our team, within the Physical and Sensory Pathway. The post is based in East Devon encompassing beautiful countryside, the Jurassic coastline and the urban areas of Exeter and Exmouth.
You will act as a source of OT expertise providing clinical supervision and specialist assessment/intervention. The post holder will hold a caseload working across the different environments such as home, school and clinic.
You will be joining our friendly Eastern OT team and also be part of the Devon and Torbay OT Leadership team, where we all work together to create new opportunities and improved outcomes for the children we work alongside across the county.
Our Physical and Sensory Pathway team encompasses both physiotherapy and speech and language therapy enabling strong opportunities for close joint working. CFHD's close-knit relationships also extend to other pathways, such as Neurodiversity and Learning Disability, placing the child at the heart of our practice
We invite discussions with all individuals interested in this role, and we're open to exploring shared positions with part-time hours. Rest assured, we offer a supportive induction package to ensure your smooth transition into our team. We also nurture continuous growth within CFHD with our active encouragement of training and CPD., + To provide Specialist OT assessment and intervention for a caseload of complex cases.
+ Provide support and clinical supervision to OT staff across CFHD.
+ Work within the Physical and Sensory Pathway providing support to Occupational Therapists working across a range of pathways.
+ Screen and triage referrals and ensure a strengths-based approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to support the complex packages of care for children with additional needs in the community.
+ Contribute to risk assessment and care planning in collaboration with children, young people and their carers.
+ Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, advice and interventions to children, young people and their families and to hold a caseload of children with complex needs.
+ Provide case management of an identified caseload of children and young people with highly complex long-term conditions and complex needs by utilising and promoting evidence-based care., You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time. As the first fully integrated care organisation in England, we are working to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care. We have a positive and vibrant working atmosphere, we are proud of our investment in our staff both in terms of developing potential career skills and valuing people.
If you provide support to a family member or friend with health or care needs, we aim to be a Carer-friendly employer. We have a 'Staff Carers' policy which includes flexible working where possible and a Carer's Passport scheme that links you into support and discounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
+ We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply promptly
+ Please read the job description and tailor your application to reflect the role
+ Correspondence will be via Trac, text and email. Please check your email and Trac account regularly.
+ Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band
+ If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion
+ It is your responsibility to assist us in the timely receipt of appropriate references
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.

+ BSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
+ State registration - current HCPC registration
+ Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate
courses relevant clinical area of expertise
and/or postgraduate qualification
+ Sound knowledge of child development
+ Evidence of advanced training in specialist clinical area
+ Evidence of audit and quality improvement training
+ Knowledge of NSFs, local government, and health policies and procedures, safeguarding adult
+ Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills
+ Ability to organise and prioritise service and own workload
+ Proven presentation skills
+ Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with patients and carers
+ To be able to demonstrate advanced occupational therapy assessment and treatments skills
+ Carrying equipment on a daily basis. This will involve lifting heavy and awkward shapes, including getting the equipment in/out of a car
+ To deal sensitively with patients and relatives that have high levels of distress anxiety and aggression that may be caused by pain, behavioural, cognitive or physical impairment
+ Imparting information concerning diagnosis and poor prognosis of physical recovery to patients and their relatives. This may involve informing patients that they may be unable to achieve their previous
functional level, or challenging beliefs about perceived level of disability
+ Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.
Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, partnership that benefits the communities we serve.
Why work with us