Occupational Therapist

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Looking for an Occupational Therapy role where you can grow your clinical skills, work as part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team and make a genuine difference every day?
Momenta Connect is an innovative, award-winning and growing practice. Were looking for ambitious Occupational Therapists who want to develop their clinical expertise, feel supported by a friendly multi-disciplinary team and make a meaningful difference to children and young people.
Youll have flexibility, development, protected admin time and wellbeing support, including a trial of 10% protected rest time every day.
Looking to change into paediatric occupational therapy? At Momenta Connect, we offer an introduction to paediatrics program that supports with specific teaching and professional development goals within the skill areas required to work in Paediatric Occupational Therapy. We focus on upskilling in education and clinical settings, providing tailored training sessions in specific learning areas such as fine motor, gross motor, sensory processing, handwriting, paediatric assessments such as Movement ABC, BOT, Beery VMI, and many more!

At the end of your first year, you will have the tools to be an independent paediatric practitioner within school and/ or clinical settings with clinical supervision support along the way to further support your clinical and professional development.

Job Title:

Occupational Therapist

Location:

Sunderland
Salary:  Up to £50,000 FTE, pro rata, dependent on experience

Hours:

Part Time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days)

Contract:

Permanent, with 52-weeks or our summer contract offers five weeks off during the summer break plus 22 days annual leave. (pro rata)
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Whats in it for you?

We know great clinicians change lives, so our offer is built around flexibility, development, clinical support, wellbeing and help with everyday costs.
£5,000 retention bonus (pro rata), payable after 12 months service
* Regular clinical supervision, peer support and opportunities to develop specialist practice
£250 annual CPD allowance, dedicated CPD time and monthly internal learning sessions
25% protected administration time and a trial of 10% protected rest time each day
Travel support - Incentive schemes to be discussed where applicable
* Relocation support of up to £3,000 for eligible colleagues
* Leave, wellbeing and lifestyle support
Flexible 52-week or summer contract options, with annual leave, bank holidays and years of service allowance
Your Wellbeing Matters programme, including mental health support, wellbeing resources and physical health checks
Family growth support, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support
Life Assurance, competitive pension, Critical Illness Cover, Cycle to Work, Electric Car Purchase Scheme and retail discounts
About the role
Youll work mainly in school settings, with some clinic-based and remote opportunities where appropriate. As an Occupational Therapist, youll help unlock children and young peoples potential by assessing EHCP-related needs, delivering specialist interventions and supporting therapy goals to become part of everyday life.
In this role, youll:
Assess children and young peoples developmental and learning needs, including those linked to Education, Health and Care Plans.
Develop, deliver and review individualised occupational therapy intervention plans.
Work with parents, carers, teaching teams and multi-disciplinary colleagues to embed therapy goals into daily life.
Equip key adults with practical strategies, evaluate impact, maintain accurate documentation and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings.
Its a varied role where youll balance assessment, intervention, consultation and collaboration, while making a visible difference to children, families and school teams every day.
What youll need
HCPC and RCOT registration
Undergraduate or Masters degree in Occupational Therapy
It would be great if you also bring
Paediatric occupational therapy experience, ideally in school-based or…