Address Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist looking for a chance to establish and share your skills and become a Specialist in a Paediatrics team of a highly motivated, dynamic, and supportive Children's OT team, on the beautiful Isle of Wight, situated a few miles off the English South Coast?
Are you committed to the Occupational Therapy profession and keen to provide a high-quality effective service to children and families to improve the outcomes for children in their occupational performance and activities of daily living?
If your answer to these questions is yes, you could be one of the people we are looking for to join us on the Isle of Wight.
You would be based within a friendly and supportive Children's Therapies Team with Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists at St Marys Hospital, in an NHS Trust with a commitment to personal development and in-service training. This post requires travelling to pre-schools/schools, children's centres, and other community settings, so a car driver is essential.
This role requires a flexible and innovative Specialist Occupational Therapist to provide effective evidence-based interventions, assessments, and clinical supervision, within a dedicated Children's Occupational Therapy team and is committed to supporting children and families with complex neuro-disability and neurodevelopmental challenges.
It is an opportunity to work alongside specialist therapists across other disciplines as well as be a key part in service development to support implementation and delivery of an effective needs led service within the Children's Occupational Therapy Team.
The Occupational Therapy Service provides an excellent clinical supervision programme, active professional development, service development working parties and actively supports student placements from several universities.
You will need to/have:
Relevant qualifications and current registration with HCPC
Current clean, full driving license
A combination of relevant skills, experience, and specialist knowledge in a range of presentations and settings.
Demonstrate high-level written and oral (including telephone and teletherapy/video calling) communication skills
Be self-motivated and able to work in a team environment
Knowledge and understanding of the application of quality care and evidence-based practice
Demonstrate a high level of organisational and time management skills
Ability to work within the Values and Visions framework of the Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight healthcare services are evolving and transforming to meet the continuing care needs of our population. Now is a very exciting time to join Isle of Wight NHS Trust as we enter this period of change.
This year Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have strengthened our partnership and formed a group giving us an opportunity to work together to be innovative in improving patient care and outcomes as well as improving the experience and opportunities for our people across the two organisations.
We have also been working with other local NHS Trusts across our region to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust - Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - to be formed by April 2024.
People employed in our community, mental health and learning disability services by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust on 31 March 2024, will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) on 1 April 2024.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust will continue to deliver both acute and ambulance services for the island population.
Job Purpose
Aim to enhance health and well-being by facilitating participation in meaningful activity
This post is vital to facilitate as far as possible each client’s return to maximum function and independence through a range of therapeutic interventions
Interventions have a significant impact on the wider economy in:
reducing length of stay in hospital
reducing admissions and re-admissions
reducing residential placements through both social care and continuing health care
reducing domiciliary care packages
improving health outcomes
Job Statement
To manage a defined caseload, using evidence based/patient centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To regularly supervise Occupational Therapy students on practice placement
To provide leadership for junior staff, as delegated by supervisor
To contribute to the development of the Occupational Therapy Service
