Specialist Occupational Therapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established burns and plastics therapy team. We have a fixed term (12 months) vacancy for a Specialist Occupational Therapist to cover maternity leave.    The post involves working in the regional burns unit, presenting an excellent opportunity to join an experienced multi-disciplinary team working with burn injured children from 0-16 years. This post also provides support for the plastic surgery service, including elective surgery, upper and lower limb trauma and hand injuries.    The successful candidate will have a wide range of experience and will have worked in a multi-disciplinary team, ideally they will have burns and/or plastics experience. They will be enthusiastic, dynamic and adaptable, have a keen interest in ongoing learning and have experience in supervising and managing assistant staff and students.    You will find a strong commitment to professional training and development, together with experienced peer group support.   This post will have a requirement to work on the BOPP’s Sunday weekend working rota.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a specialised and high standard of occupational therapy care as a member of the therapy team and multi-professional teams within the sub specialities of burns & plastics.
• To perform advanced therapeutic assessments of children presenting with a wide range of conditions and problems.
• To provide a diagnosis of the problem related to therapeutic intervention
• To develop highly skilled knowledge in order to deliver an individualised treatment programme for each child.
• To independently manage a personal caseload of children working without direct supervision.
• To access the advice, training and support from more senior therapists available but also undertake clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
• To participate in the Burns, Orthopaedics, Plastics and limb reconstruction Sunday working rota.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: [email protected]

We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Children’s being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at [email protected]

Trust Values

The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

• Compassion – leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
• Accountability – striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
• Respect – value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
• Excellence – delivering a high-quality standard of care