Job Title:  Paediatric Occupational Therapists – Band 6  (3 roles) (Part time)
Location:  Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust – Peace Children Centre, Watford
Danestrete Clinic, Stevenage
Bull Plain Clinic, Hertford
Area:  Hertfordshire NHS
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing                     
Job details:  3x Paediatric Occupational Therapists required for a weekend service across Watford, Stevenage, and Hertford to start ASAP. Skills/experience: must have at least 1 years NHS experience. Qualified Occupational Therapist with current HCPC registration. Children’s OT experience in the last two years (essential). Experience of undertaking paediatric Occupational Therapy assessments (essential) including the Movement Assessment battery for Children, Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration, Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting. Experience implementing a range of interventions (essential). Undertaken relevant CPD within the last two years (essential). Experience of working with a range of occupational participation difficulties e.g.  self-care and school based occupational performance difficulties (essential). Ability to manage own caseload effectively (essential). Experience of working as an OT in a community clinic or mainstream school setting within the last two years (essential). Max 12 clinics each weekend.
Duties:
OT to support with Health and EHCP. For health age range is 5-18.
Health OT: Functional difficulties. Personal activities. Access to home.
OT will complete initial assessment for the child.  Complete Child scoring, targets and report.  Complete any child referral.
If Child needs interventions will be referred to HCT own therapy assistant.  Some children may have interventions with OT, but most will be in by assistant. Max of 6 interventions per child.
Initial assessment 90 minutes, plus admin, plus referrals, plus reports.  Max 2 Children per day.
Report to then be sent to parent, school, GP and original referrer. 
If OT does intervention 45 – 60 minutes, plus admin
Working hours: Weekends only. Must be able to commit to a minimum of 2 weekends per month. 9-hour days, 08.30 – 07.00 (1 hour lunch unpaid each day, will consider shorter lunch with earlier end time)
Code: U.MX-.007008. B12557