Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 200-NN-6427584-AHP-Y
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Paddock Special School
- Town
- Putney
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
Band 7
Job overview
Are you looking for an chance to work as a Highly Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist in an MDT team based in an Ofsted Outstanding Special School?
We are looking for an exceptional band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our team, working across Paddock Special School. Paddock School is an outstanding special school supporting children aged 3-19 years old with severe learning difficulties, complex communication needs and/or ASD . Your role will be focused on delivering integrated therapy within classrooms and working closely with the education team to support and review children in accessing their learning and participating in school occupations.
The Paediatric Department (including children's therapies) was judged as outstanding in the most recent CQC inspection. As a member of the St George’s children’s therapies team, you will be part of a supportive and dynamic multi-disciplinary team, with regular opportunities for supervision and continuing professional development.
More information is detailed in supporting document.
Main duties of the job
To work as a dynamic senior occupational therapist providing leadership as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the paediatric therapy service based at Paddock School. To provide a high standard of occupational therapy assessment, treatment and advice to children, young people and their families accessing the school. The Occupational Therapist will support children who attend the school and their families as outlined in their Education, Health and Care plan. The therapy team at Paddock School implement an integrated therapy model.
Working for our organisation
St George's Hospital is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department
has been seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital. We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly,
intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.
As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are
provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the supporting documents, ensuring that any application supports the person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Bsc/graduate diploma/Msc in OT
- Registration with Health Care Professions Council
- Evidence of ongoing learning / CPD related to Paediatrics, learning disabilities and/or Autism
Desirable criteria
- Recognised post-graduate qualification in a relevant area
- Member of RCOT
- Member of specialist section of RCOT, such as children, young people and families
- Attended sensory integration training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post-registration experience in working with children with additional needs
- Relevant post graduate experience in assessment and intervention of pupils within a school setting
- Experience of using a wide range of assessments, clinical observations and intervention strategies demonstrated by advanced clinical reasoning
- Experience of working with autistic children and young people
- Experience of working with pupils with complex and/or severe learning difficulties
- Experience working with children with sensory processing difficulties including providing evidence based assessment and intervention
- Experience creating and delivering a range of training programs to education staff
- Experience implementing the SEND reforms 2015 including contributing to EHCP’s and outcome setting with a focus on meaningful, client centred occupation focused goals
- Relevant post graduate experience in working collaboratively with families and carers, education staff and other multiagency professionals within a team
- Experience of managing other Occupational Therapists or team members
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in special schools
- Knowledge of communication strategies used with this population
- Student supervision
- Experience managing self-care and eating and drinking difficulties in children with Autism.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to independently manage a complex caseload & to reflect on clinical practice & experience
- Ability to solve complex problems & take appropriate decisions.
- Able to adapt to different demands & situations and the ability to work under pressure and the ability to prioritise & organise workload & time, and delegate appropriately
- Ability to write concise, legible notes & highly specialist reports
- Excellent presentation skills
- Demonstrating a wide variety of postgraduate training and up to date clinical practice
- Ability to work with multi/interdisciplinary team and set team goals
- Ability to utilise understanding of clinical governance and the implications for occupational therapy services including the setting and monitoring of practice standards
- Ability to work with a range of stakeholders (including LA, senior leadership team, and wider children’s therapies team) to implement service development projects
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- In depth knowledge of national health, education and children’s services agendas in the UK and policies and procedures relevant to the client group, for example NICE Guidelines
- In depth knowledge of a range of standardised and functional assessment tools relevant to the client group
- In depth understanding of the range of physical & developmental disabilities which can occur with children and the role of the OT in this area
- In depth understanding of sensory processing difficulties and the impact this has on function for school age children
- In depth knowledge of the SEND reform and the therapist role in contributing to education, health and care plans
- Knowledge of integrated therapy models and universal/targeted/individual model
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge in TEACCH approach
- Knowledge of and contribution to the evidence base for the relevant population
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Adeshina
- Job title
- Clinical Team Lead - Paddock School
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087809151
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