Job overview

Come and join our dynamic team of paediatric occupational therapists and support staff. We have an opportunity for an experienced paediatric occupational therapist to join our team as a Band 6 for 30 hours per week.

We are based at Breightmet Children's Centre and work closely with the multidisciplinary team as well as education, housing and social care.  

We are a friendly and supportive team who strive to provide timely and responsive assessment and intervention to a range of service users, including developmental input for pre-school children, neonates, mainstream and special schools. We also assess for minor and major home adaptations for the children and the families of Bolton. 

We are looking for a dedicated and flexible individual, with paediatric experience, and some knowledge of home adaptation interventions.  The successful candidate will work autonomously to manage a diverse and complex caseload, with good support from formal and peer supervision.

A Band 5 to band 6 progression post would be considered. 

Main duties of the job

Assessment and input of:

• motor development and skill
• home safety needs
• functional skills
• maintaining postural management
• moving and handling
• recommendation for major adaptation, as part of the Disabled Facilities Grant process

Please see job description for details.

Working for our organisation

“The right care, by the right person, in the right place”

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust provide services across the North West side of the Greater Manchester area ranging from hospital services in Bolton to community services across Bolton, Salford, Ashton, Leigh and Wigan. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.  We have recently been given a CQC rating of Good.  Over 5,700 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.

Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care for maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children’s services. The Division is a Centre of Excellence for Women’s and Children’s services and has a credible and enviable reputation. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1500 gynaecological procedures each year, making us a specialist provider of health services for women, babies and their families in the North West Sector of Manchester and beyond.