Advanced Occupational Therapist - Band 7

Location Guernsey
Job type Permanent
Salary £44,054 - 58,081 per year
Reference 165678

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency is currently looking for an experienced Band 7 Advanced Occupational Therapist to work based in Guernsey, within the Paediatric Team.

The salary for this Advanced Occupational Therapist job is £44,054 - £58,081 per annum.

Main Duties:

  • To support the Lead for Children’s Occupational Therapy to deliver a professional and effective Occupational Therapy Service across the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
  • To contribute to service development and clinical and service audits as requested.
  • To develop and deliver training courses for staff, parents, teachers, and other professionals as relevant to the service.
  • To supervise junior Occupational Therapy staff, students and volunteers.
  • To manage and co-ordinate a defined caseload of children and young people with complex needs from birth to 18 years.
  • To be responsible for assessment and the implementation of evidenced based intervention plans.
  • To set functional goals in collaboration with the young person / parents / carers and multidisciplinary team using standardised outcome measures.
  • To work as part of a multi-disciplinary sharing information and working together to meet the needs of children and young people and their families.

Requirements of the Advanced Occupational Therapist:

  • Degree or equivalent within Occupational Therapy.
  • HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist.
  • Evidence of post graduate CPD in accordance with HCPC and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) Guidelines.
  • Significant post graduate experience as a Band 6 with children and young people with additional, and complex needs and neuro-disability.
  • Significant experience as a Band 6 working within a multi-disciplinary team within paediatrics.
  • Specialist knowledge and skills (relevant to paediatric Occupational Therapy) in assessment, treatment and long-term management of children with complex needs.
  • Advanced clinical reasoning to; interpret assessment results, formulate individual management plans and to set individual goals using evidenced based practice and relevant outcome measures.
  • Ability to produce formal verbal and written reports to a high standard and in accordance with RCOT and HCPS guidelines.
  • Experience supervising junior occupational therapy staff, students, and volunteers.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate with clients, other team members and internal and external departments and agencies.

Contact:
This Band 7 Advanced Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Craig Osborne; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.