Children's Occupational Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the dynamic therapists at East of England Community Health Care Children’s Occupational Therapy Service.

We are a fully integrated OT service combining health and social care roles for many years.

This role will require working within a named special school as well as holding a community caseload. Additional locations will include working at your clinic base, family homes, mainstream schools and local pre-school settings.

Children seen will have range of disabilities and developmental delays and are between 0-19 years old.

The post holder will be based in Huntingdon at The Oak Tree Centre, however, this post will require travel across the county to facilitate regular CPD and mandatory training.

The post holder will be joining a skilled and enthusiastic team of occupational therapists and assistants. We also work closely with our physiotherapy colleagues as well as other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

There is a strong commitment from East of England Community Health and Care for continued professional development for all members of staff.

We want you to use your skills and knowledge to make a real difference in children and young people’s lives.

Why not click on the link to the Job Description and find out more about the role. We look forward to receiving your application!

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 6 July

To provide an integrated Occupational Therapy service to children and young people and their families, this will involve crossing traditional health and social care boundaries and promoting close, effective working relationships within the health multi-disciplinary team, the local authority and schools.

You will be responsible for your own caseload and in a supervisory capacity for that of junior staff /students working within your team.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Anna Clark-Frew Job title: North OT Team Lead Email address: ***email_hidden***

For further information please contact Anna Clark-Frew (***email_hidden***) or Gerald Maidens ([email protected])