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Children’s Occupational Therapist

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

Location
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum / pro rata
Profession
Occupational Therapist
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
16 Jan 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
18 Dec 2024

Job overview

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust‘s children’s occupational therapy team provides a range of community-based health services for children in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, for children aged 0 -18.

We are looking for  a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team.

Are you looking for experience of working within children’s community occupational therapy services assessing and treating with children with developmental coordination disorders and physical disabilities. .

We offer good training opportunities with a strong emphasis on continuing professional development through appraisal and supervision. The successful applicant will be part of an enthusiastic and friendly team of children’s therapists and assistants. The team is highly supportive with a commitment to improving to quality and productivity and there are ongoing opportunities to contribute to service development.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

You will need to have a sound knowledge of assessments and interventions used with these client groups or be able to demonstrate that you have transferable skills from working with adults . You will need to be familiar with report writing and be able to evidence that you have used goal setting and outcome measures within your practice. You should be able to evidence that you have the developed skills that may be required to liaise with multidisciplinary teams of health, education, and social care professionals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.