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Location

Amersham, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

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

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.

Early years:you will be working with children from birth to 5 years old in clinics, nurseries and home settings.

School aged children:you will be working with children and young people from 5 years – 18 years in clinics, educational settings and homes.

Equipment services:you will be working with children with complex physical and social difficulties in their homes. You will be assessing for equipment to enable the child/young person to be able to participate in family life and remain safe in their homes.

Sensory Processing Pathway: you will be working with children with complex sensory processing differences in their homes, educational settings and clinic. You will assess, treat and provide training.

You will be working with parents, carers and education setting to ensure that children receive early intervention services to maximise health and participation outcomes.

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

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 that competency 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.

Why colleagues think we are"a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

This advert closes on Friday 8 Mar 2024

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