Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT
Job summary
**This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested**
NB. All interviews will be face to face due to the recruitment process
We are delighted to be able to offer a committed and experienced clinician the opportunity to join our children’s community service. This is a community post, across the large city of Birmingham, with a caseload of children and young people with neurological and developmental conditions. We would like to recruit an individual who has a keen interest in working with children and families within the community and as part of a multi agency team.
The work will primarily involve a combination of clinic based assessments delivering intervention in the form of prescribed Packages of Care.
NB * There may also be an opportunity to be part of the developing traded model within the BCHC+ OT service, SEND OT Team and the developing Experts at Hand Model.
Main duties of the job
To provide Occupational Therapy intervention at a specialist, targeted and universal level, functioning as an integral member of multi-professional team to support in the holistic assessment, diagnosis and intervention of children and young people according to agreed pathways.
To contribute towards ensuring children and young people with additional needs gain access to a broad, balanced and relevant education, whilst also having their exceptional needs met in an inclusive way.
Provide a source of clinical expertise/advice and guidance for families, carers, educational settings and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
To maintain, develop and promote excellence in clinical practice, with reference to current research and evidence-based practice, contributing to safe effective practice, alongside the service clinical leads.
To develop and maintain effective working relationships with parents / carers and other stakeholders, using negotiation, communication and interpersonal skills
See Job Description for more details
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Degree level qualification in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Professional Registration
- Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area
- Relevant training/short courses in specialist area e.g. Sensory-Integration
Skills/knowledge
Essential
- Competent in using evidence base to inform clinical decisions and best practice
- Knowledge of the national and political agenda influencing health services
- Knowledge of the needs of a diverse social and ethnic population and the impact on all aspects of service provision
Personal qualities
Essential
- Ability to prioritise own workload and has insight into own coping strategies
- Ability to reflect on clinical practice and initiate appropriate changes
- Ability to work collaboratively with staff at all levels within the boundaries of the role and clinical competence
Experience
Essential
- Significant post reg experience as a paediatric OT
- Relevant OT experience of diagnostic assessment and intervention with children
- Relevant experience of working with children within an educational setting, Multi Professional Team
- Relevant experience of managing safeguarding concerns and an understanding of local processes
- Relevant experience of delivering successful effective training to other professionals
- Significant experience of providing support and supervision to colleagues and other professionals
Other
Essential
- Has a full, valid UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle to use for work
Closing Date: 30 November 2026
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