B7 Children's Occupational Therapist

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Children's Occupational Therapist in the London area. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting children with complex needs, working collaboratively within the team. Applicants should have a relevant degree, HCPC registration, and experience in children's community services, preferably Band 6 or 7 level. The role offers a range of working patterns with a competitive salary plus additional area supplement.

Benefits

High Cost Area Supplement

Induction and training program

Qualifications

• 3 years paediatric experience required.
• Advice, training and support of junior staff preferred.
• Demonstrates knowledge of best practice in paediatric OT.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for a caseload of children with complex needs.
• Contribute to planning and coordinating service delivery.
• Passionate about developing an integrated service for families.

Skills

Experience with seating assessments

Able to carry out complex assessments

Excellent time management

Education

Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Job description

Go back NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

B7 Children's Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 14 October 2025

Are you enthusiastic about enabling children and young people to participate in all areas of life as best they can? Do you have Band 6 or 7 experience of working in children's community services? Then we would love to hear from you!

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist. The Children's Occupational Therapy Team are based in a purpose-built centre, co-located with many other health and local authority children's services in Redbridge. Therapists have good access to clinical space as well as close working relations with the multi-disciplinary teams.

We are looking for an innovative therapist, to work with our team of occupational therapists and support staff, in further developing our service for children and young people, in line with our person centred, goal focussed approach.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for a caseload of children and young people with complex needs and disabilities, affecting functional performance, participation and independence. You will contribute to planning and co-ordinating service delivery. You will need to demonstrate excellent clinical knowledge, highly specialist assessment and advanced therapeutic skills.

You will strive to equip children and young people to develop independence and self management; and to participate in all that supports their leading full and happy lives.

You will be passionate about further developing an effective and responsive integrated service for children and young people and their families/carers in Redbridge.

You will be motivated to develop your own learning, contribute to service development and the support, training and development of junior colleagues, peers and students. The successful applicant will thrive on working as part of a team and have excellent communication skills.

The role will involve working in a variety of settings, including clinic, schools, nurseries and homes.

You will support junior staff in developing skills and managing caseloads.

About us

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:We are kind.We are respectful.We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFTNELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time).

Job responsibilities

We are looking for candidates with good organisational and time management skills who have relevant experience and are keen to continue to develop their practise in our growing Occupational Therapy team.

This post would be suitable for a Band 6 occupational therapist with childrens community experience, ready to take on Band 7 responsibilities or a Band 7 therapist looking for a new challenge.

The successful applicant will thrive on working as part of a team and will have excellent communication skills. The role requires close working between current band 7s and the clinical lead OT.

There is a well-established appraisal system and a commitment to support staff to develop leadership and clinical skills, through regular supervision and internal and external training opportunities.

The successful candidate will take a leading role in planning and co-ordinating service delivery and will be responsible for a caseload of children and young people with a wide range of difficulties, conditions, or disabilities. You will need to demonstrate excellent clinical knowledge, ability to provide highly specialist assessment and advanced therapeutic skills as well as high standards of time management and organisational skills.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.Certificates of SponsorshipAlthough we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.Use of AIPlease see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registration

Experience

• 3 years paediatric experience
• Advice, training and support of more junior staff, students

Knowledge

• Demonstrates knowledge of best practice, evidence base in paediatric OT
• Advanced knowledge of childhood occupations, development and impact of conditions on these
• Knowledge of working in occupational frame of reference

Skills

• Experience with seating assessments
• Able to carry out complex assessments on a range of children
• CPD
• Experience of upper limb splinting

Personal Qualities

• Able to work flexibly, adapt to change
• Excellent time management and organisational skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearplus HCAS per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working