Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Jobs

Job Title:  Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist – Band 6
Area:  Oxfordshire NHS 
Salary: £negotiable                                                         
Job Type:  Locum
Contract Length: Ongoing
Job details:  Children’s Integrated Therapy. To start asap. Covering a vacancy, whilst recruiting, looking for someone with community paediatric experience, able to travel across the south of the county, covering special schools, a complex caseload and clinics. Working hours: 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday, 08.30 – 16.30.
Code: U.008002.B11289

Job Title:  Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Band 6
Area:  Oxfordshire NHS 
Salary: £negotiable                                                         
Job Type:  Locum
Contract Length: Ongoing
Job details:  Children’s Integrated Therapies. Speech and Language Therapist required for 4 months. Working hours: Monday to Friday, 09.00 – 17.00. Flexible. Full time, but Part time considered.
Code:U.008002.B11276

Job Title:  Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Band 6
Area:  Oxfordshire NHS 
Salary: £negotiable                                                         
Job Type:  Locum
Contract Length: Ongoing
Job details:  Adults. Speech and Language Therapist required for 4 months. Community based (central base, but not compulsory to attend there). To start asap. Working hours: Monday to Friday. Start time flexible from 8am onwards. 37.5 hours per week. Part time hours considered.
Code: U.008002.B11275

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist – Band 6
Area: Oxfordshire
Salary: £negotiable                                             
Job Type:  Locum
Contract Length: Ongoing
Job details:  This role combines clinical work, drawing on your experience and specialist knowledge, with the leadership of a team of occupational therapists, activity workers and physiotherapy technical instructors. You will be based with our established 11 bedded psychiatric intensive care unit in Oxford (Ashurst) where you will deliver evidence based Occupational Therapy interventions and use your creative. Problem solving to adapt opportunities for activity within PICU environment. This role is so valuable in ensuring patients are supported to maintain their occupational identities during this acute phase of ill health. Using activity as a therapeutic tool, as well as evidence-based assessments, you will assess an individual’s readiness to step in to less restricted environments and progress their recovery. Working hours: 37.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday, 09.00 – 17.00.
Code: U.008002.B11268
 

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist (3 roles) 
Area: Oxfordshire Social Services
Salary: £negotiable                                             
Job Type:  Permanent
Contract Length: Ongoing
Job details:  Community Support Service. JD available on request:

• To work within the requirements of the Care Act 2014, and any other legislation and guidance as may be relevant and the HCPC codes of practice, providing personalised information and advice, safeguarding, assessment, support planning, equipment, adaptations and review to individuals/families and their carers.
• Ensuring that in responding to eligible need, all options including the use of informal support networks, community resources and the provision or arrangement of cost-effective equipment and adaptations is explored in order to achieve identified outcomes.  To fulfil the role of a trusted assessor; making an assessment of when to involve another adult social care professional where a specialist assessment, skill or intervention is required.

Working hours: 37 hours per week, 09.00 – 17.00.
Code: U.CSA 5242817. 027012.B10854

Job Title:  Senior Occupational Therapist – Band 6
Area: Oxfordshire
Salary: £negotiable                                             
Job Type:  Locum
Contract Length: Ongoing
Job details:  JD available on request:

• To develop and provide a quality needs led Occupational Therapy service as part of the multi-disciplinary team for Highfield Unit.
• To provide an Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment, and evaluation process for referred patients in collaboration with professional colleagues and clinical services, in order to enable continuity of care.
• To take a leading role in the development of Occupational Therapy services or specialist programmes for young people with mental health problems.
• The post will be delivered flexibly Monday to Sunday with some evening and weekend work included.

Skills/experience:

• Knowledge in using MOHO and/or MoCA assessments i.e COSA, ACIS, Creative Participation Tool and writing reports based on these assessments.
• Knowledge of creating and implementing sensory schedules and/or sensory diets with people (ideally young people).
• The ability to explore sensory preferences with young people.
• To facilitate / co-facilitate groups with a range of different young people i.e eating disorders, emotional dysregulated, ASD.
• Complete functional assessments i.e. cooking assessments, community assessments.
• Good communication skills with young people, families and other professionals.
• Have a very good understanding of risk assessing and risk management.
• Previous experience of leading OTA’s or junior staff would be preferable.

Working hours: 37.5 hours per week. Includes some weekends and evenings and cover includes school holiday periods. Some flexibility with work pattern; evenings and occasional weekends. Majority of days will be 9-5.
Code: U.013012.B10766
 

Job Title:  Occupational Therapist 
Area: Oxfordshire Social Services
Salary: £negotiable                                             
Job Type:  Locum
Contract Length: Ongoing
Job details:  Oxford Community Support Service. JD available on request:

• To work within the requirements of the Care Act 2014, and any other legislation and guidance as may be relevant and the HCPC codes of practice, providing personalised information and advice, safeguarding, assessment, support planning, equipment, adaptations and review to individuals/families and their carers.
• Ensuring that in responding to eligible need, all options including the use of informal support networks, community resources and the provision or arrangement of cost-effective equipment and adaptations is explored in order to achieve identified outcomes.  To fulfil the role of a trusted assessor; making an assessment of when to involve another adult social care professional where a specialist assessment, skill or intervention is required.
• The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that they work within departmental policies, procedures and guidelines including but not limited to Data Protection Act, confidentiality and information sharing protocols, Oxfordshire Multi agency safeguarding procedures, and that these are adhered to and concerns raised in accordance with these polices.

Code: U.CSA 5240975.023011.B10627