Professional Lead for Children's Occupational Therapy

Band 8a
Job summary
Professional Lead for Children's Occupational Therapy - 26.25 hours per week
Do you want to be part of an organisation which positively impacts on the lives of those receiving healthcare and rehabilitation in community settings? Do you want to live and work by the sea in beautiful surroundings, as part of a committed and experienced Professional Leadership team?
Are you a highly experienced and skilled Children's Occupational Therapist, passionate about ensuring the provision of excellent care and therapy for children and young people and their families?
Are you passionate about your profession, and ensuring staff are supported to develop their knowledge and skills?
Do you have the vision, drive and compassionate leadership skills to work collaboratively with others to further develop and improve our Child Development Services?
If so, we have the job for you!
Main duties of the job
Our Children's Occupational Therapy teams cover a diverse population and range of conditions for children and young people aged 0-19.
We offer services to children and their families in locations best suited to their needs, which may be at the CDCs, in their own homes and schools, or at specialist-run clinics, education sessions and groups. We are passionate about helping children reach their potential, supporting their activity and participation in the activities that matter to them. To do this we work closely with our colleagues in other professions across health, education and social care, and with our local communities.
You will be part of the wider Professional Leadership team led by the Associate Director for AHPs, and will work in close conjunction with service managers and Professional Lead colleagues in Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy and Nursing to ensure the care we deliver is evidence-based, safe and effective.
This role is designed to ensure we have the right people with the right skills delivering excellent patient care. You should have a keen interest in national initiatives relative to Occupational Therapy and be able to translate best practice guidance into local service delivery. You must be proactive, innovative and forwarding-thinking and keen to support the ongoing professional development of this motivated staff group.
About us
Come and join our great team of Professional and senior clinical leads, who work together to support both our corporate and operational colleagues in ensuring our clinical staff are enabled to deliver excellent, evidence based clinical care.
You will work closely with our Professional Leadsfor Children's physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and audiology as well as the wider team covering adult services. We meet regularly as a team, ensuring we are focused on delivering our development plans for AHP services across the Trust.
Opportunities for flexible working and your own personal development are available. We are an organisation that values and actively encourages the growth and development of its staff at all levels; we have a range of staff networks including our BAME, disability and wellbeing, LGBT+ and religion and belief networks, as well as a range of initiatives to support the health and wellbeing of staff.
SCFT is therefore a great organisation in which to further grow your Occupational Therapy career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description.
If you are interested in service and staff development, quality improvement and patient engagement then this exciting opportunity could be for you!
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential

• Occupational Therapy degree
• Evidence of post-graduate training in specialist field
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of recent relevant CPD activity

Desirable

• Member of RCOT
• Post-graduate qualification or study in management/leadership

Experience
Essential

• Significant clinical experience post-qualification
• 5 years working at B7 level in paediatrics
• experience of working in MDT teams in community settings (CDCs)
• experience of dealing with challenging and difficult situations
• Operational and strategic experience at at least team lead level
• Experience of change management processes

Desirable

• experience of presenting to varied audiences
• experience of partnership working
• experience of supporting capability processes
• experience of assessing workforce needs and workforce developments

Knowledge and skills
Essential

• evidence of highly specialist clinical skills in at least one area of paediatric OT
• evidence of effective communication skills in range of situations
• evidence of use of change management and QI principles
• evidence of awareness of national drivers and priorities in relation to children's OT
• confident user of Microsoft Office applications
• evidence of highly developed leadership skills
• evidence of prioritisation and time management skills to manage competing demands
• car driver

Desirable

• confident user of social media platforms

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Trust-wide role, base TBC
Brighton and Hove, East Sussex
BN2 3EW
Employer's website
https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)