Specialist Children's & Young Person's Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist to join the Children's Community Occupational Therapy team in Herefordshire. The post holder will provide specialist and comprehensive Occupational Therapy services for children aged 0-18 years, focusing on Occupational Performance pathways. Responsibilities include managing a caseload, conducting assessments, and designing individual treatment plans in various settings. Applications are welcome from experienced Occupational Therapists, with consideration for developmental Band 5 to Band 6 positions.
Key responsibilities
- Provide a specialist and comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for children 0-18 years and their families.
- Plan and manage your own caseload and interventions.
- Provide specialist assessment and treatment, referring to other specialist services as needed.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner in the community within Herefordshire.
- Use evidence-based assessment tools to establish functional ability and disability.
- Design individual therapeutic treatment plans for children.
Essential criteria
- Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC Registration
- Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience
- Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
- Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
- Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
- Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
- Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail
- Able to make independent, sound, clinical decisions and problem solve
- Able to manage busy case load and prioritise
- Ability to work autonomously using specialist knowledge, skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries
- NHS or equivalent experience e.g. Children's acute or community or community services
- Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment
- Able to maintain confidentiality and professionalism within the environment that they are working
- Able to demonstrate awareness of own limitations and need to ask for help
- Evidence of ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written documentation
- Works well in a team
- Ability to adapt and demonstrate flexibility in changing service needs
- Shows evidence of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
- Reliable
- Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
- Able to meet physical & moving and handling requirements of post. I.e. re-positioning of a patient, use of moving & handling equipment, approved manual physical movement practices of patient
- Able to deal sensitively and safely with blood and bodily fluids
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
We are in search of a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Children's Community Occupational Therapy team.
As a Band 6 Children's Occupational Therapist you will be responsible for providing a specialist and comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for children 0-18 years and their families, who have a Herefordshire GP, with a focus upon Occupational Performance pathways.
Planning and management of your own caseload and interventions, providing specialist assessment and treatment and referring children to other specialist services as needed.
These interventions will take place in the most relevant environment for the child and their family - the home environment, therapy suite or schools.
We encourage applications from experienced Occupational Therapists from a range of clinical backgrounds. Transferable skills and experience gained in other areas of occupational therapy are highly valued.
Will consider developmental band 5 to band 6 position as appropriate.
Main duties of the job
Whilst working as an autonomous practitioner in the community, within the county of Herefordshire, plan and organise own caseload according to the needs of the children and the service.
To use evidence based standardised and non-standardised assessment tools with children, including observations in the most appropriate settings for the child/young person, in order to es
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