Occupational Therapist | Cerebral Palsy Clinic

Job description
Occupational Therapist - Permanent role

Salary: £40K - £50K depending on experience

Hours: Full-time or part-time hours available.

Location: Harlow - right next to the train station. Free parking also available.

About the role:

Working in a specialist clinic for infants, toddlers, children and adolescents who have cerebral palsy providing high-energy, engaging and uplifting therapy to international clients. Develop, enhance or restore functional skills of clients whose abilities to perform tasks of daily living are threatened or impaired by physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and sensory impairments.

What’s in it for you as an Occupational Therapist:
• Excellent 12-week training program
• Continued professional development training allowance
• Flexible working hours
• Enhanced contributory pension scheme
• Excellent wellbeing schemes
• Regular social events

Company values
• Love – this is a family business built on the love that parents have for their children. Embody our spirit of love through kind actions, warmth and communication used every day.
• Share - strive to collaborate and educate as part of the team, so that our clients and their families leave us with positivity and hope.
• Grow – evolve, engage and continue to learn, from our clients, our colleagues and our industry so that we truly offer the best therapy possible.
• Hope – believe in the potential of every child and commit to helping them succeed, giving families hope when others have failed.

Your main responsibilities as an Occupational Therapist:
• Assess, diagnose, and treat pediatric motor and sensory impairments; document deficits.
• Evaluate physical conditions, develop treatment plans, and adapt environments for improved function.
• Apply various practice frameworks (neurodevelopmental, biomechanical, etc.) and therapy techniques.
• Train patients/caregivers in using assistive and mobility devices; prescribe home exercise programs.
• Maintain accurate documentation and write evaluation and progress reports.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and build rapport with clients.
• Manage schedules productively and contribute to clinical practice development.
• Follow professional, legal, and ethical guidelines; engage in ongoing professional development.

What we are looking for in an Occupational Therapist:
• HCPC registration
• Experience with young people who have cerebral palsy
• Lift, push or pull up to and including 22 KG with hands and wrists as therapeutic handling is manually intensive

Next steps:

If you are interested to hear more, either hit the APPLY NOW button or reach out to Lucy on 0117 471 5+56 or lucy.holmes@pulsejobs.com