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Job summary

Main area
Children's Occupational Therapy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
338-8369776-26
Employer
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Children's Occupational Therapy Service, The Walker St Centre.
Town
Hull
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/11/2026 23:59

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Specialist Occupational Therapist- Children's

NHS AfC: Band 6

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019

Job overview

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our Children’s Occupational Therapy Service, supporting children and young people with physical disabilities aged 0–19 years. The team works across the whole of the Hull and East Riding geographical area. The successful applicant will be predominantly based in Hull or Beverley.

This is a key role focused on delivering high-quality, specialist care and specialist occupational therapy advice across multiple settings, including homes, clinics, and schools.

The Specialist Occupational Therapist will be responsible for managing their own clinical caseload and will demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning, leadership, and decision-making skills. The role involves promoting best practice, supporting service development, and taking responsibility for complex case management and professional development within the team.

The Specialist Occupational Therapist will engage in regular clinical supervision, as well as providing supervision to staff and students.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver specialist clinical care to children and young people with complex physical needs.
  • Contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of high standards of care and service delivery across the wider service.
  • Support and mentor junior staff and students, providing clinical supervision and promoting best practice.
  • Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and innovation.
  • Collaborate with colleagues, families, and partner agencies to ensure a holistic and integrated approach to care.
  • Demonstrate and maintain up-to-date Occupational Therapy knowledge and skills.

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information with regard to this advert  please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
  • Registration with the HCPC
  • Specialist knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice, standardised assessments, and their use in practice
  • Evidence of practice educator SLIP training and experience of supervision of OT students
  • Competent IT skills to be able to use corporate systems and Electronic Patient Record systems.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of current CPD/formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent
  • Willingness to consider undertaking the training required to provide Practice Placements for students.
  • Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in the relevant service area
  • Understanding of caseload management clinical responsibilities
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice
  • Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation

Skills and Competencies

Essential criteria
  • Able to demonstrate effective inter personal/communication skills
  • Evidence of good time management skills
  • Ability to commute between the various sites
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to manage daily operations and maintain a safe working environment

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Claire King
Job title
Clinical Lead/Advanced OT
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01482692929
Additional information

If you would like to discuss the role further please do not hesitate to contact us

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