INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS WELCOME

We are looking for expressions of interest from qualified and experienced Children and Young Persons (CYP) Occupational Therapists for a number of NHS Trusts covering Yorkshire, the Midlands, and Southern United Kingdom.

Main Duties

• To work as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Locality Therapy Team providing interventions and rehabilitation that will assist to prevent hospital admissions, accelerate discharges from hospital and prevent readmission, linking closely with multi professional community teams
• To provide a specialist high standard occupational therapy service, including the supervision of support staff within areas of work and any other area as service development requires
• To manage a caseload of patients and maintain associated records
• To contribute to the delivery of services to meet the trust objectives

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• CPD in relevant clinical areas
• HCPC Registration
• All international candidates should hold a recognised English Language qualification i.e. IELTS with a minimum overall of 7.0. Please refer to the HCPC for further details. Also note we are unable to accept UK NARIC or ECCTIS alone as proof of English language

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria

• Specialist knowledge and application of CYP Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention for patients with a variety of diagnosis
• Working knowledge of clinical governance and it's application

Desirable criteria

• Experience of clinical audit/and or service development
• Experience in policy development and implementation