Expert at Hand: Senior Children's OT Lead

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire); Kempston; Remote; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) is recruiting an Advanced Children’s Occupational Therapist (Band 7) to join the Experts at Hand programme in Bedfordshire and Luton. This role combines clinical leadership, training and targeted interventions across schools and early years settings.

The post holder will act as a named Expert at Hand, provide consultation to education staff, supervise junior therapists, and develop service delivery within a tiered model of

Qualifications

• Experienced Children’s Occupational Therapist with a passion for innovation and system-wide working.
• Will act as a named Occupational Therapy Expert at Hand for a cluster of settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation, training, coaching and targeted interventions.
• Lead supervision of Newly Qualified OTs and support practitioners.
• Develop and deliver the Experts at Hand model across Bedfordshire and Luton.
• Manage a small caseload of targeted-plus children for short-term interventions.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Training & coaching

Education staff collaboration

Supervision

Consultation

Education

Degree in OT

HCPC registration

Leadership training

Sensory training

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridgeshire) is recruiting an Advanced Children’s Occupational Therapist (Band 7) to join the Experts at Hand programme in Bedfordshire and Luton. This role combines clinical leadership, training and targeted interventions across schools and early years settings.

The post holder will act as a named Expert at Hand, provide consultation to education staff, supervise junior therapists, and develop service delivery within a tiered model of