Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Position: Paediatric Occupational Therapist Permanent
J Paediatric Occupational Therapist Permanent (5/6/7)

Location:

Surrey Salary:
Negotiable

Hours:

Full time Client Based: services to children Sponsor available depending on Experience Our well-known client has a fantastic permanent Paediatric Occupational Therapist vacancy in their clinic. To provide specialist occupational therapy services to children 0-16 years at their clinic. Children may present with a variety of diagnoses including Sensory Processing Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Dyspraxia, Cerebral Palsy, Dyslexia, Speech and Language delay/disorders, global developmental delay, or neurological disorders.

Job Role:

• To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a clinical workload.
• To undertake assessments of children, using both standardised and informal assessment tools.
• To demonstrate developing clinical reasoning and ability to interpret assessment data and write clinical assessment reports.
• To devise child/family centred treatment plans through use of goal attainment scaling, considering a wide range of treatment techniques, grading activities to ensure that the individual’s full potential is developed or maintained.
• To conduct 1:1 and small group treatment sessions in clinic.
• To provide a high standard of clinical record keeping.
• To provide an effective high-quality service to all children and families.
• To communicate effectively with the multi-disciplinary team to promote the safety of children and the management of risk. Requirement:

Qualification:

• Recognised Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Health Professions Council – Licence to Practice (HCPC)
• Evidence of successful completion of a range of other short courses at postgraduate level
• Evidence of attendance at other specialist course relevant to paediatrics

Experience:

• Clinical experience of wide range of paediatric work in clinical or educational settings
• Co-ordination of intervention planning in paediatrics
• Clinical experience of working with children with a wide range of needs including Autistic Spectrum disorders, Dyspraxia, Sensory Processing Disorder and neurological disorders. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
• Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills e.g., breaking bad news or explaining upsetting conditions to patients / families
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills at clinical levels
• Well-developed concentration skills and ability to multi-task, and work with frequent interruptions of complex nature
• Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written, of complex information to other professionals
• Demonstrates high level of computer literacy to enable effective data collection, report and document writing
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
• Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
• Able to synthesise and present complex information at a service level
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance /audit
• Understanding of the roles of other professionals
• Ability to work with the diverse needs of clients with complex communication difficulties
• Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
• Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits and outcomes