Job summary

Job Title: Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Grade: Band 6

Trust: Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Location: Peace Childrens Centre

Ward/Dept: Children and Young Peoples Therapies

Hours: Up to 37.5 hours per week

Shift Pattern: Mon - Fri, 8.30-4.30pm

Pay Rates Day: £22.89

Why might this job interest you?

This is an exciting time for Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust as they are recruiting for a creative Band 6 Occupational Therapist to be a part of their well-established Occupational Therapy team. You will provide a specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment, intervention, and advice service for children with a variety of learning and physical disabilities, associated sensory and communication difficulties. This may include working within the Child Development Centres, mainstream and special schools, nurseries and play groups, families homes, and visits to other services such as the wheelchair clinic.

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities of this job role

If you are successful in your application to this post, you will be expected to manage and deliver on the responsibilities outlined below as well as those not included here, call today to discuss further:

Provide a highly specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, intervention, and advice service for children & young people whose sensory processing is impacting on their participation in activities of everyday living and access the service via a 3-tiered offer (universal, targeted and specialist).

This will include working with parents/carers, educational settings, the voluntary sector, and other health professionals. You may need to work within the childrens centres, educational settings, and homes.

Supervise, train and performance manage junior, and student occupational therapists as delegated by the Operational Manager and Clinical Quality Leads.

About us

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• Relevant Qualifications
• Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.

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