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Job overview

We are very excited to advertise a Band 6 Children's OT post working in the Children's Occupational Therapy team in Coventry.

Our mission statement is

'The Children's OT/Physio leadership team aspire to create a supportive and fair environment that actively empowers staff to promote inclusivity and optimise quality of life for children and young people in Coventry'

The post holder will be a key member of the Children's physical health OT team, contributing to service improvement, championing evidence based practice and delivering high quality clinical care.

The role will be part of our established Coventry community based Children's OT, serving the 0-19 population.  You will have the opportunity to work with our early years population, in our hand and upper limb service and within our school settings, improving the lives of these children and young people.  

We provide specialist assessment and intervention to children and young people with a wide variety of needs including upper limb, splinting, emerging diagnosis, prematurity, developmental delay, parent education, specialist clinics and early intervention.

Whilst Children's experience is desirable, evidence of how you are able to utilise your transferable skills within our team will also be seriously considered. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be supported with internal and external training, alongside support from clinical specialists within children's physical health services. This includes MDT working alongside consultants and trainee ACP's

This role is integral to development of Band 5, Band 4 and Band 3 staff. This includes supporting development via supervision and appraisals.

The post holder will have good knowledge of  OT and a passion for wanting to work with Children.  They will also be forward thinking with future service delivery and be open to involvement in clinical service improvement projects and departmental audits.

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.