Specialist Community Paediatric Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 17 May 2026
To gain consent and undertake occupational therapy assessment(s) in clinic, home, schools or nursery settings.
To formulate and implement treatment plans, provision of equipment and adaptations using specialist knowledge and experience. This will include the treatment of complex patients in a manner that respects people's choice, privacy, dignity and individuality.
To be responsible for your own clinical caseload in a defined clinical area. To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) with indirect clinical supervision.
To supervise Band 5 physiotherapists, therapy assistants and students.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for Occupational therapy intervention by setting appropriate short and long term goals, training parents and carers and monitoring and evaluating outcomes.
* To provide spontaneous and planned advice and support to parents, carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team in order to solve complex problems.
* To maintain and develop service specification by assessing the needs of children at home, nursery / school, to determine the most appropriate intervention pathway, setting appropriate goals and monitoring and evaluating outcomes.
* To work autonomously to plan, implement and evaluate a specialist programme of therapy by reviewing their current situation in terms of condition, presentation, equipment, adaptation and commencing the most suitable intervention.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
* Extensive knowledge of paediatric conditions and disabilities
* Extensive knowledge of paediatric equipment.
* Knowledge of a range of standardised assessment and treatment modalities
* Qualification in Sensory Integration or equivalent
* Evidence of Continued Professional Development
Experience
* Experience of working single handed and autonomously in the community setting.
* Experience of working in the NHS or social services and across organisational boundaries.
* Practical experience of assessment and working with children and young people with a range of complex, sensory needs.
* Managing health and safety in a home environment.
* Supervision of Students
Skills
* Ability to use and interpret a range of standardised assessments.
* Ability to assess children and young people and identify need with those who have a range of neurological, neurodevelopmental, orthopaedic or profound and complex disabilities.
* An ability to communicate complex and/or contentious information at all levels.
* Ability to work as part of a Multi professional team across all children’s services.
* Upper limb splinting experience and /or qualification
* Training and presentation skills
* Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs.
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.
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