Job overview
Passionate about empowering others to support children’s development?
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Occupational Therapist to lead and shape training within our Children’s Therapy Service.
In this dynamic role, you’ll deliver engaging, evidence-based training to parents, schools, and professionals—supporting children through universal and targeted approaches. You’ll coach others to confidently embed practical strategies into everyday environments, making a real difference to children’s outcomes.
You’ll also play a key role in developing and evolving our training offer—working with clinical experts to design high-quality programmes, reviewing content, and using feedback to continuously improve. With a strong focus on best practice and local priorities, you’ll ensure our training remains relevant, impactful, and accessible.
This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your clinical expertise with creativity, influencing practice at scale while supporting families and professionals across the system.
If you’re driven, collaborative, and excited by innovation—we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Lead the delivery and development of high-quality, evidence-based training for parents, professionals, and services supporting children and young people. The role involves delivering and coordinating a range of training formats (including webinars and face-to-face sessions), developing and reviewing training programmes, and ensuring content aligns with best practice and local priorities. You will work collaboratively with stakeholders across education, health, and community settings to promote training, support consistent service delivery, and maximise impact. The post also includes maintaining accurate records, contributing to strategic planning, and continuously improving training through feedback, evaluation, and ongoing professional development.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. 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.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
7. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria
8. Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
9. Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
10. Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
11. Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
12. •Registered member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT)
13. •Recognised Occupational Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
14. •Health Professions Council Licence to Practice.
15. •Evidence of continuing professional development and personal development.
Experience
Essential criteria
16. •Evidence of specialist knowledge/skills resulting from clinical experience and CPD.
17. •Experience of producing and delivering training packages to a variety of audiences
18. •Clinical experience in a variety of settings.
19. •Demonstrates knowledge of specialist OT assessment tools relevant to the client group
20. •Demonstrates knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic intervention
21. •Demonstrates awareness of the roles of other professionals
22. •Demonstrates awareness of standards of record keeping
23. •Able to maintain intense concentration
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Essential criteria
24. •Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit
25. •Demonstrates knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to client group
26. •Able to identify own strengths and needs
27. •Able to identify when to seek support
28. •Demonstrates the ability to reflect on practice with peers/clinical supervisor
29. •Demonstrates adequate flexibility to meet the demands of an unpredictable workload.
30. •Demonstrates excellent communication skills
31. •Demonstrates excellent organisation skills
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
32. Able to travel between a range of clinical locations
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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