West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Paediatric Occupational Therapist
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Are you looking for an Occupational Therapy role working with children & families?
We are recruiting to a full-time post in our Community Paediatric OT Service. The post holder will be based at the Child Development Centre in Ipswich, and cover community patches across a wider geographical area; much of the post holder's working week will be spent working in the community.
We work with children from birth to 19 years providing assessment, intervention, and advice to promote inclusion and optimise the functional participation of children and young people in daily activities to enable them to achieve what they want, need, and have the potential to do. We support and empower them and their families, and educate other professionals and agencies working with them.
As a member of the OT team, the post holder will manage a caseload across nurseries, special and mainstream schools, the child’s home, and clinics, working with children who have a range of disabilities and conditions. This will include an initial focus on developing the skills to support children and young people whose sensory difficulties have a significant impact on occupation and function.
The successful candidate will join our large and supportive Occupational Therapy team using a person-centred, occupation-based approach, committed to delivering high-quality intervention.
Ability to travel independently around a wide geographical area is essential for this role.
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The post holder will be based with other OTs in our busy and friendly office, and work with a multi-disciplinary team and other therapy services to deliver OT pathways and packages of care.
The Post Holder Will
- Undertake Occupational Therapy assessments of children, and prioritise, plan, and develop a programme of OT intervention using a client-centred approach in accordance with our clinical pathways, and with supervision and support from an experienced therapist.
- Set clear functional goals in consultation with parents/teachers.
- Empower parents and carers in understanding the nature of their child’s disability or dysfunction, the impact it has on behaviour and function, and the activities and strategies they can use in the daily routines at home to develop their child’s play and functional abilities.
The successful applicant must have:
- An OT degree
- Be eligible for registration with the HCPC
The post is subject to a DBS check.
Frequent travel across a rural area is essential for this role so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means. Public transport is limited in some rural areas.
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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat, and support people in hospital, at home, and in various community settings.
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The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit, and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients, and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety, and teamwork guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts, and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Jane Dolan
- Job title: Team Lead Paediatric Occupational Therapy
- Email address: jane.dolan@wsh.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01284 741714
- Mobile: 07583 102747
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