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Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; Amersham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to lead the Occupational Therapy contribution to the Experts at Hand programme, shaping services across Buckinghamshire in line with SEND reform.

You will provide strategic leadership, deliver innovative OT services, and collaborate with local authorities, the Integrated Care Board, schools and partners to ensure timely, needs-led support for children and young people.

Qualifications

• Experienced and innovative Occupational Therapist to lead the Occupational Therapy contribution to Buckinghamshire's Experts at Hand programme.
• Provide strategic leadership to ensure timely, needs-led support through a graduated approach.
• Collaborate with Local Authority, Integrated Care Board, schools and wider system partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic, operational and clinical delivery of the Occupational Therapy element of the Experts at Hand programme.
• Drive service innovation and continuous improvement in line with national SEND reforms.
• Work collaboratively with senior leaders across health, education and social care.
• Lead and develop a team of Highly Specialist Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants.
• Provide expert advice, consultation and clinical leadership for complex situations.
• Monitor service performance, outcomes and quality standards.
• Manage resources effectively and contribute to budget management.
• Lead workforce development, supervision, training and succession planning.
• Represent the service at local, regional and national forums.

Job description

Experts at Hand Clinical & Operational Lead - Occupational Therapy

A Vacancy at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

Shape the future of SEND support across Buckinghamshire

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and innovative Occupational Therapist to lead the Occupational Therapy contribution to Buckinghamshire's newExperts at Handprogramme, a key element of the national SEND reform agenda.

As theExperts at Hand Clinical & Operational Lead, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing and delivering a transformational service that strengthens inclusive practice across mainstream education settings. Working collaboratively with the Local Authority, Integrated Care Board, schools and wider system partners, you will provide strategic leadership to ensure children and young people receive timely, needs-led support through a graduated approach.

This is a unique opportunity to influence service development at a system level while maintaining your professional expertise and shaping the future OT workforce within SEND services.

Reporting to the Head of Service for CYP Integrated Therapy Services, you will:

• Lead the strategic, operational and clinical delivery of the Occupational Therapy element of the Experts at Hand programme.
• Drive service innovation and continuous improvement in line with national SEND reforms.
• Work collaboratively with senior leaders across health, education and social care.
• Lead and develop a team of Highly Specialist Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants.
• Provide expert advice, consultation and clinical leadership for complex situations.
• Monitor service performance, outcomes and quality standards.
• Manage resources effectively and contribute to budget management.
• Lead workforce development, supervision, training and succession planning.
• Represent the service at local, regional and national forums.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Ourvisionis to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Ourmissionis to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Ourcarevalues are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Sep 2026