Early Child Development Senior Children's Occupational Therapist

NHS; Exeter; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Children's Occupational Therapist to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves assessing and treating a diverse caseload of children, with responsibilities spanning across various settings. Strong support and training opportunities are available, aimed at furthering professional development within a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with community-based children's Occupational Therapy.
• Knowledge of Occupational Therapy models and interventions for children.
• Ability to monitor quality and safety of practice.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and treat children's medical needs.
• Provide specialist interventions and clinical supervision.
• Work across home and clinic settings.

Skills

Clinical supervisory skills

Communication

Assessment and diagnosis

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

HCPC registration

Post-graduate certified courses specific to children's needs

Job description

Go back Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Early Child Development Senior Children's Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 09 July 2025

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be! We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams.As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues.

We are excited to be able to offer this development opportunity for an experienced band 5 or alternatively a band 6 OT with community children's experience. This post is county-wide but with the flexibility of a choice of base.

The post is based within the multidisciplinary Early Child Development Pathway whilst working closely with colleagues across the other pathways within CFHD. We are a supportive team with significant training opportunities available for the right person to OT development needs.You will be expected to have clinical supervisory skills and be able to hold a complex and varied caseload, working across the different environments such as home, early child settings and clinics. Please contact us if you would like any further information regarding this position we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Hold responsibility for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a case load within a designated geographical area, within own level of competence and capabilityUsing a strengths-based approach; ensure clinical effectiveness through the use of evidence-based interventions, goal-based, collaborative practice and Routine Outcome MeasuresDeliver specialist occupational therapy advice, assessment and interventions within a multidisciplinary teams linked to the Child Development Centres across Devon to a client group of children and families experiencing a range of difficulties in maximising their occupational performance within different settings.Interventions may include direct therapy, coaching or training, provision or recommendations for suitable adaptive equipment where this is a statutory provision and provide specialist guidance and recommendations for home or school adaptationsProvide a range of early help/light touch interventions across pathways such as sleep, communication issues, positive behavioural support

Supervise and support Early Years Practitioners and potentially in the future Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Workers and/or Integrated Therapy assistants.Participate in the provision of student placementsTo promote and support participation of service users across the serviceTo work across other geographical areas as required to support colleagues according to need and demand.

About us

Children and Family Health Devon is a system-wide service that delivers an integrated, coordinated support model which wraps around the child, young person and family. It has been specifically designed to respond to all elements of the commissioner's strategy and specification along with the vision and strategic direction of the STP. It builds on our strong relationships across education, health, social care and voluntary sector services in Devon, and, most importantly, it has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

"We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable.

It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure".

Find out more about working for our Service by following this link: We are CFHD OT on Vimeo

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description for the details regarding the post

Please contact us to discuss the post more fully. We also welcome applicants spending time with us prior to interview.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oDegree in Occupational Therapy
• oHCPC registration
• oDiploma level specialist training or experience
• oPost-graduate certified courses specific to children's needs (e.g. Sensory training; ADOS, 3di etc)

Experience

• oTo work within trust clinical guidelines and Royal College of OT and HCPC standards. To have working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own quality and safety of practice
• o Extensive knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practice and specialist approaches
• of Occupational Therapy therapeutic interventions for children and young people including but not inclusive to: manual handling, specialist equipment, 24-hour postural management, fine motor, sensory differences and housing adaptations
• oKnowledge of a wide range of Occupational Therapy assessment tools appropriate to meet a wide range of needs in the paediatric population
• oKnowledge of normal child development and a broad range of paediatric conditions
• oCommunity based Children's Occupational Therapy experience

Specific

• oExcellent presentation skills, both written and verbal
• oAbility to keep accurate and legible children/young people and families clinical notes in line with RCOT and HCPC guidance
• oAbility to plan organise and prioritise effectively

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.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum pro rata