Job overview
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and caring Band 4 Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our dynamic Children and Young People’s Integrated Therapy (CYPIT) service in Buckinghamshire.
In this varied and rewarding role, you’ll be a key part of our multidisciplinary team, helping to deliver high-quality, child-centred therapy for children and young people with a wide range of developmental and physical needs. While your main focus will be supporting our Paediatric Occupational Therapy service, you’ll also have opportunities to work closely with Speech and Language Therapy and Physiotherapy colleagues, gaining valuable experience across disciplines.
The post offers a balance of community-based work—requiring some travel—and the flexibility of some home working. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference while developing your skills in a supportive and forward-thinking service.
Main duties of the job
1. Deliver therapy interventions under the guidance of CYPIT Therapists — working independently or with supervision to support children’s functional development.
2. Help deliver training and information sessions for schools, parents, and carers, building skills and confidence across the wider support network.
3. Manage your own caseload, planning, organising, and documenting interventions to ensure smooth, effective care.
4. Contribute to assessments, intervention delivery, and service-development projects, helping to shape and improve therapy practice.
5. Carry out delegated tasks that keep the therapy team running efficiently, supporting our impact-based clinical decision-making model.
6. Actively engage in CPD, clinical audits, and in-service training to continuously build your skills and professional confidence.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
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.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
7. Good general education to above GCSE level eg NVQ
8. Additional training relevant to working with children and young people
Special circumstances
Essential criteria
9. Ability to travel to numerous community settings and access to own transport
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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