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Job overview

As part of our ongoing development, our team is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced full-time Band 6 Children’s Occupational therapist to join our enthusiastic and productive team, offering a high-quality service across North Derbyshire.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a cohesive and dynamic team, who are constantly looking to improve our services in line with developments in evidence-based practice. Please contact Mrs Jenny Sadler for an informal discussion on 01246 514553.

Main duties of the job

As a therapist working in a community setting  you will hold a caseload across our geographical area,  supported by a band 7 therapist.    Your role will be to evaluate and support the functional independence of children in a variety of settings. We have excellent links with other teams in Specialist Children’s Services, Education and Social Care and value working collaboratively with others to meet the needs of children and families.   Your clinical duties will include devising programmes and setting goals to develop skills, assessment and provision of specialist equipment including seating and  coaching and close liaison with parents, carers and staff in educational settings.   You will also be expected to contribute and support  ongoing programmes of service developments and improvement.

You must be able think creatively, work flexibly and independently as well as being a strong team player with excellent communication skills. 

Working for our organisation

You will work as part of a supportive and friendly team based in The Den, our purpose built centre for Children’s Services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.  Our service supports children and Young people from 0 -19 who have a functional difficulties associated with a physical disability or difficulty.   We have a strong team identity and are working together to realise our vision of providing a sustainable, innovative, high quality service across North Derbyshire.   We are committed to support the professional development of those in our team, helping build skills and levels of responsibility.

Flexible Working

If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.

COVID19 Vaccination

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.

 UK Points-based immigration system

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.  Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.  Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form.  Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.  Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be  eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.

Communications 

Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.

If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please see the attached documents and links in relation to working for Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In particular, the general conditions of employment and benefits of working for the trust.

This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.

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