Specialist Children'S Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Only available to current STSFT employees. We are excited to have had additional investment into our service to further-support improvement in outcomes for our CYP and their families across South Tyneside and Sunderland. This (22.5 hpw) role will improve the quality of life for CYP, prioritising early identification of needs to prevent escalation of needs and behaviours, as well as upskilling parents, carers and the wider childrens workforce to better-recognise barriers to participation.

Within this role you will support CYP and their families to identify sensory and/or motor difficulties and provide them with the best possible learning experience and outcomes. The role will also involve undertaking specialist assessments, providing appropriate interventions for children who are experiencing challenges, and enabling carers and education providers to increase their knowledge, confidence and understanding. You will have excellent supervision and be encouraged to develop your clinical, leadership and management skills.

We encourage staff to explore opportunities in research and innovation to improve patient experience and outcomes and as well as supporting staff development. You will have a working knowledge of Education Health and Care Plans (Children and Families Act 2014) and report writing, SEND processes, and Tribunals. You will have good knowledge and understanding of Safeguarding issues. You will be required to meet the travel requirements of this Post.

You will work across South Tyneside and Sunderland in clinic, home and education settings. You will be motivated to support children to achieve their best outcomes. Experience of team working is essential. You will be joining a team of OTs who are working together to develop services and improve outcomes for children. You will be part of a wider Therapies Directorate and part of a Trust that is keen to develop and support staff through supervision and CPD.

You will be supported to work innovatively as we take the agenda for Childrens OT forward in-line with current national and clinical drivers. You will provide highly-specialist OT assessment and intervention for a wide range of childhood disorders/disabilities and work together with the wider Therapies team towards integrated care for children. You will provide a cost-effective service with evidence of patient-focused outcomes and support regular monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of the role, service delivery and the interventions it provides using clear statistical and documented outcome measures.

You will support the development and use of the hospital information system for clinical care and caseload management. You will work with external stakeholders and other Trust colleagues to develop the OT service for children, demonstrating leadership skills, and providing supervisory support and/or development for staff / students / other professionals / parents and carers as required.

One Team One Trust
- There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Looking after our work forces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression…