Clinical Specialist/Team Manager (OT) - CFHD

Children and Family Health Devon; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Children and Family Health Devon is recruiting a Specialist Occupational Therapist (0.7 wte) to deliver expert OT support within the Experts at Hand service, offering assessment, intervention and leadership across a multidisciplinary team for children and young people with complex needs in the community.

The post will lead training, supervise staff, and contribute to service development as the model expands across Devon, Exeter area, and beyond, with opportunities to influence care planning and

Qualifications

• Sound knowledge of child development.
• Advanced training in specialist clinical area.
• Audit and quality improvement training.
• Experience in multidisciplinary teams.
• Risk management knowledge.
• Clinical governance knowledge.
• Experience presenting complex information to staff and senior management.
• Experience implementing changes in service design and delivery.
• Understand legal responsibilities of the profession and health and social care delivery.
• Knowledge of NSFs, local government, and health policies and procedures, safeguarding adults.
• Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills.
• Experience managing patients with complex conditions.
• Experience in specialist assessment relevant to your specialist field.
• High level of professional skills in a specialist health or social care setting.
• Experience safeguarding vulnerable adults and/or children.
• Knowledge of clinical guidelines and implementation in practice.
• Experience with complaints management and resolution.
• Ability to write and present a business case.
• Ability to analyse data.
• Team-based working to promote change and development.

Responsibilities

• Provide Specialist OT assessment and intervention for a caseload of complex cases.
• Provide supervision to OT staff across CFHD.
• Support OT staff across Physical and Sensory Pathways.
• Screen and triage referrals with strengths-based assessment, planning and evaluation.
• Contribute to risk assessment and care planning with children and families.
• Hold caseloads of children with highly complex needs.
• Case manage identified caseloads using evidence-based care.

Skills

Child development

Advanced specialist training

Audit and quality improvement

Multidisciplinary team

Risk management

Clinical governance

Complex information delivery

Service design changes

Legal responsibilities

NSFs and health policy

Clinical reasoning

Complex conditions management

Specialist assessment

Education

BSc/ Diploma in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

CPD portfolio

Postgraduate leadership certificate

MSc in relevant area

Job description

Clinical Specialist/Team Manager (OT) - CFHD

CFHD are looking to recruit a 0.7 wte Specialist OccupationalTherapist to provide specialist Occupational Therapy support within the Expertsat Hand service through advice, consultation, modelling of strategies,training, and targeted intervention.

The post-holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary teamand autonomously to support children and young people, families, andprofessionals by building capacity within early years, school and post-16settings, delivering training, and offering time-limited direct interventionswhere indicated.

This is an exciting chance to take a leadership role in shapingand developing this innovative pilot service as it is rolled out across Devon.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influenceservice development, support implementation, and help drive the success of thisnew model of support for children, young people, and the wider workforce.

Interview information:

Interviews will be held on the 1st and 2nd December 2026 at Capital Court in Exeter.

Main duties of the job

To provide Specialist OT assessment and intervention for a caseload of complex cases

Provide support and clinical supervision to OT staff across CFHD

Work within the Physical and Sensory Pathway providing support to Occupational Therapists working across a range of pathways

Screen and triage referrals and ensure a strengths-based approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to support the complex packages of care for children with additional needs in the community

Contribute to risk assessment and care planning in collaboration with children, young people and their carers

Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, advice and interventions to children, young people and their families and to hold a caseload of children with complex needs

Provide case management of an identified caseload of children and young people with highly complex long-term conditions and complex needs by utilising and promoting evidence-based care

About us

At Children and Family Health Devon, we are dedicated to improving the physical and mental health of children and young people across Devon and Torbay. We aim to create an environment where children and youngpeople can thrive and are committed to reducing health inequalities andproviding specialised support, empowering them to lead healthy, fulfillinglives.

We would like thepeople who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding,patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe andcomfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience tolisten carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff arepositive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal andwithout pressure.

Who we are

We are an alliance of NHS organisations led Devon Partnership Trust.We are a group of professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists,occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists,nurses and many other professions.

With access to moors, sea and cities, there are plenty ofopportunities to enjoy Devon. Whether you enjoy spending time in the culturalhub of Exeter, exploring the Jurassic coastline or discovering the worldsurfing reserve in North Devon there really is something for everyone.

Job responsibilities

FullVacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/PersonSpecification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supportinginformation from the role requirements or person specification.

Person Specification

Experience

• Sound knowledge of child development
• Evidence of advanced training in specialist clinical area
• Evidence of audit and quality improvement training
• Experience of working as part of a professional team and multidisciplinary team
• Skilled in risk management
• Knowledge of clinical governance
• Experience of presenting complex information to staff and senior management
• Experience of implementing changes in service design and delivery both profession specific and in a multidisciplinary environment
• Understand legal responsibilities of the profession, and health and social care delivery
• Knowledge of NSFs, local government, and health policies and procedures, safeguarding adult
• Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Experience of managing patients with a range of complex conditions
• Experience in specialist assessment relevant to your specialist field
• Clear evidence of high level of professional skills within a specialist health or social care setting
• Experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults and/or children
• High level of knowledge of a broad range of relevant conditions and proven experience of delivering evidence-based practice
• Knowledge of the clinical guidelines, and experience of implementing these recommendations in practice
• Complaints management and resolution
• Ability to write and present a business case
• Ability to analyse data
• Use of team-based working to promote change and development

Qualifications

• BSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
• State registration current HCPC registration
• Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant clinical area of expertise and/or postgraduate qualification
• Post graduate leadership certificate
• MSc in relevant clinical area

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.