Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist - NW Surrey
Are you an experienced and compassionate Occupational Therapist ready to progress your career?
We are looking for a dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary Children’s Community Health Team. In this role you will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, and intervention to children with a wide range of complex needs, helping them and their families to achieve meaningful outcomes in everyday life.
As part of our Paediatric Therapy Team, you will independently manage a varied and complex caseload, undertaking specialist assessments and delivering evidence-based interventions. You will develop child-centred therapy plans that support children to learn, participate, and thrive across home, school, and community settings.
As a Band 6 clinician, you will also play a key role in developing others by providing clinical support, guidance, training, and supervision to junior staff and students.
Main duties of the job
* Provide specialist therapy support, advice, and education to children and their families, using clear and accessible communication.
* Convey complex and sensitive information about a child’s needs, progress, and prognosis to parents/carers and external professionals.
* Undertake specialist assessments, interpret findings, set goals, and contribute to multidisciplinary diagnosis and care planning.
* Develop, implement, and review evidence-based, child-centred therapy programmes across home, clinic, and educational settings.
* Manage and prioritise your caseload effectively, responding to urgent referrals and balancing clinical and organisational responsibilities.
* Coordinate daily service delivery, including supervision, delegation, and oversight of Band 3-5 staff.
* Line manage junior staff, conducting supervision, appraisals, and development planning; deputise for the Band 7 as required.
* Produce high-quality written reports and maintain accurate electronic records in line with professional and organisational standards.
* Work empathetically with families experiencing emotional stress, demonstrating sensitivity and professionalism.
* Liaise confidently with paediatricians, SENCOs, education staff, and external agencies; make onward referrals as appropriate.
* Plan and deliver training to parents, carers, educational staff, and wider professionals.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children’s community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We are a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we may need to close it earlier than the shown date. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job responsibilities
As a Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist, you’ll be part of our Therapies Team in North West Surrey, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* Band 6 Agenda for Change Salary with NHS Pension
* Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
* Membership of My Reward Hub with discounts on everyday purchases, cashback and voucher offers
* Access to wages as you earn them to help cover life emergencies
* Wellbeing support including mental and physical health resources and career coaching
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and continuing professional development
* Open, just culture encouraging ideas to improve outcomes backed by innovation funding
* Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
* HCPC registration (current and compliant)
* Postgraduate training or equivalent paediatric experience, including:
o Child development
o Autism, ADHD, and/or neurodevelopmental conditions
o Specialist paediatric courses
* Demonstrable post-registration experience working with children in paediatrics
* Member of BAOT and relevant Special Interest Groups
* Experience working in community paediatric services
* Previous experience within the NHS
Person Specification
General Requirements
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such a submission for Disclosure will be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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