Community Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Are you an empathetic Occupational Therapist who has experience within Paediatrics?

Pulse is now seeking a band 6 Community Occupational Therapist to work within a paediatric service at an innovative NHS trust in Hertfordshire. The post is available to start as soon as possible, for a 3 month period. To be considered for this role applying therapists must have previous experience of working within a paediatric setting. You will be working with a varied caseload of children who have complex needs.

Specific Skills:

• Candidates must have experience working in the community and with children
• Post holder must have a valid UK Driving Licence and access to their own vehicle
• To 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.
• The post holder will assess and be responsible for all aspects of a child’s or young person’s Occupational Therapy needs including housing adaptations as part of a fully integrated Occupational Therapy Service with the opportunity to draw on specialist knowledge and skills from the Highly Specialist Band 7 OTs and Band 8 Clinical Quality Lead for OT.
• To provide a specialist Occupational Therapy service as part of the multidisciplinary team, working with other health, education and social care professionals and to effectively manage own caseload.
• To supervise and mentor student occupational therapists in children’s services and supervise junior members of staff.
• To participate and contribute to the evaluation and development of the Children’s Occupational Therapy Service.

What next?

If you are an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist that has excellent communication and rapport building skills, then please apply today or contact a member of our team for more information.

Why Pulse?

• First class support and advice from our experienced consultants’ team
• Different payment options – PAYE/PSC/LTD and umbrella
• £300 recommend a friend bonus scheme*
• Daily payroll
• iPoint – Electronic timesheet processing app
• HireVue online interviews
• Access to high-quality voluntary training
• Variety of opportunities in both NHS and private sectors
• Regional compliance team of trained phlebotomist’s
• Streamlined compliance process utilising new technology

*terms and conditions apply

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