Paediatric Occupational Therapist Permanent

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Paediatric Occupational Therapist Permanent (5/6/7)

Location: Surrey

Salary: Negotiable

Hours: Full time

Client Based: services to children

Sponsor available depending on Experience

Our well-known client has a fantastic permanent Paediatric Occupational Therapist vacancy in their clinic. To provide specialist occupational therapy services to children 0-16 years at their clinic. Children

may present with a variety of diagnoses including Sensory Processing Disorder, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Dyspraxia, Cerebral Palsy, Dyslexia, Speech and Language delay/disorders, global developmental delay, or neurological disorders.

Job Role:

• To be responsible as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a clinical workload.

• To undertake assessments of children, using both standardised and informal assessment tools.

• To demonstrate developing clinical reasoning and ability to interpret assessment data and write clinical assessment reports.

• To devise child/family centred treatment plans through use of goal attainment scaling, considering a wide range of treatment techniques, grading activities to ensure that the individual's full potential is developed or maintained.

• To conduct 1:1 and small group treatment sessions in clinic.

• To provide a high standard of clinical record keeping.

• To provide an effective high-quality service to all children and families.

• To communicate effectively with the multi-disciplinary team to promote the safety of children and the management of risk.

Requirement:

Qualification:

• Recognised Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy

• Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice (HCPC)

• Evidence of successful completion of a range of other short courses at postgraduate level

• Evidence of attendance at other specialist course relevant to paediatrics

Experience:

• Clinical experience of wide range of paediatric work in clinical or educational settings

• Co-ordination of intervention planning in paediatrics

• Clinical experience of working with children with a wide range of needs including Autistic Spectrum disorders, Dyspraxia, Sensory Processing Disorder and neurological disorders.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Excellent interpersonal skills - including observation, listening and empathy skills e.g., breaking bad news or explaining upsetting conditions to patients / families

• Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills at clinical levels

• Well-developed concentration skills and ability to multi-task, and work with frequent interruptions of complex nature

• Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written, of complex information to other professionals

• Demonstrates high level of computer literacy to enable effective data collection, report and document writing

• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills

• Demonstrates ability to be a good team member

• Able to synthesise and present complex information at a service level

• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance /audit

• Understanding of the roles of other professionals

• Ability to work with the diverse needs of clients with complex communication difficulties

• Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group

• Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits and outcomes