Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy Paediatrics
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (full time/part time)
- Job ref
- 070-AHP101-0625
- Employer
- Powys Teaching Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Brecon/Ystradgynlais/LLandod.
- Town
- Brecon/Ystradgynlais/LLandod.
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapist
Band 7
Be part of a 'Healthy Caring Powys' and help us transform the way we provide health and care, so our communities can Start Well, Live Well and Age Well.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.
Job overview
Are you passionate about Paediatric Occupational Therapy?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Paediatric Occupational Therapist to join our dedicated team at Powys Teaching Health Board as a Clinical Specialist.
This is a fantastic chance to play a key role in shaping the delivery of paediatric occupational therapy services across Powys. Your role will be to offer clinical expertise and line management to a small team of specialist Paediatric Occupational Therapists. You will be instrumental in developing and influencing service models in collaboration with the operational HOS for paediatric Occupational Therapy & Physiotherapy. while also providing guidance, education, and support to fellow team members.
At Powys Teaching Health Board, we are proud of our supportive environment and are committed to helping our staff grow professionally. You will be encouraged to develop the specialist skills required to provide high-quality, innovative care to children and families within our unique rural health board.
Main duties of the job
To manage own daily highly specialist/expert complex caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
To act as a highly specialist clinical resource, disseminating expert information and education to Occupational Therapy colleagues, the general public and other health care professionals.
To provide direct advice for management and/or deliver intervention using highly skilled, technical physical techniques using highly developed physical skills requiring a high degree of precision and developing rehabilitation programmes.
To be responsible for implementing change within own practice and influencing and monitoring standards of Occupational Therapy practice within the team.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Working for our organisation
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won’t get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We’re also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy ’life work’ balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
see attached Job description and service specification. for further details.
Please contact the team for further details.
Person specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Diploma/ Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Advanced accredited training at master’s level or equivalent
- Accredited post graduate specialist courses/ training relevant to role
- Experience in staff development including education
- Experience in supervision
- Experience in presenting to a range of audiences
Desirable criteria
- MSc within relevant specialty
- Significant experience managing a complex caseload working within relevant specialty
- Experience in multiagency team working within specialist area
- Evidence of supporting clinical governance requirements including codes of conduct
- Leadership of relevant networks/ practice groups
- Experience in audit and service evaluation
- Experience in research
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Proven advanced clinical practice and clinical reasoning skills to specialist level
- Ability to plan, prioritise and delegate own and others workload
- Ability to work effectively within a team and independently
- Possess excellent verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills to all stakeholders including patients
- Possess effective organisational skills
- Ability to maintain accurate and legible clinical records and statistical information
- Skilled in unpredictable situations
- Ability to lead change
- Ability in coaching, mentoring, supervising and training
- Possesses teaching skills & ability to present to large audiences
- Ability to emotionally adapt and demonstrate empathy and negotiation skills
- Able to cope under pressure and adapt work patterns when the situation is unpredictabl
- Ability to maintain high levels of concentration, alertness and awareness in unpredictable environments
- Ability to set priorities and deliver and evaluate performance outcomes
- Ability to reflect on own performance
Desirable criteria
- Experience in research
- Management and leadership skills
- Extensive research skills
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate PTHB Values
- Professional confidence and reliable attitude to work
- Adaptive team player with ability to motivate and be respectful to others
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel and to work in a variety of sites based on need
- Prepared to work flexibly
Desirable criteria
- Membership of appropriate special interest groups
- Clear vision of role and commitment to specialty
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Randell
- Job title
- Operational HOS Paediatric OT & Physio
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01686 617465
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