Senior Occupational Therapist (Experts at Hand) - CFHD
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
BARNSTAPLE, EX31 3UDView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
23 October 2026
4 days leftJob description
Exciting Senior Children's Occupational Therapy Opportunities in Devon! Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) are seeking experienced and motivated ...
- Hold responsibility for assessment, clinical
reasoning, intervention planning and management of a specialist caseload.
- Deliver specialist occupational therapy assessment, advice and intervention
across home, education and community settings.
- Work collaboratively with children, families, educational settings and
partner agencies using strengths-based, goal-focused and evidence-based
approaches.
- Support schools through consultation, coaching, modelling of strategies
training and capacity-building activities.
- Deliver and evaluate targeted interventions using evidence-based practice and
routine outcome measures.
- Provide specialist advice regarding equipment, environmental adaptations and
statutory occupational therapy responsibilities where appropriate.
- Work autonomously whilst managing clinical risk and complexity.
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement and the ongoing
development of the Experts at Hand model.
- Provide supervision, mentoring and support to Band 4 and Band 5 staff
assistants and students.
- Support multidisciplinary working, workforce development and positive
outcomes for children and young people.
- Work flexibly across localities and service areas to support service need and
demand.
Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an
Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for
children and young people in Devon.
CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and
young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and
South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust. We are working
closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality
and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services.
CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth,
Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical
training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post
graduate training.
Our integrated care and treatment has been
developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their
families/carers.
Our children and
young people say
We would like the
people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding,
patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and
comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to
listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are
positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and
without pressure.
Qualifications
Essential: - Degree in Occupational Therapy; - HCPC registration; - Diploma level specialist training or experience; - Good written and verbal communication skills
Desirable: - Post-graduate certified courses specific to childrens needs (e.g. Sensory training; ADOS, 3di etc); - Membership of professional body
Experience
Essential
- To work within trust clinical guidelines and Royal College of OT and HCPC standards
- To have working knowledge of national and local standards and monitor own quality and safety of practice
- Extensive knowledge of Occupational Therapy models of practice and specialist approaches
- Extensive knowledge of legislation affecting clinical practice such as manual handling, housing and SEND
- Knowledge and experience of a wide range of Occupational Therapy therapeutic interventions for children and young people including but not inclusive to: manual handling, specialist equipment, 24-hour postural management, fine motor, sensory differences and housing adaptations
- Knowledge of a wide range of Occupational Therapy assessment tools appropriate to meet a wide range of needs in the paediatric population
- Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures
- Well-developed knowledge and understanding of legislation around SEND
How to apply
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First seen
9 October 2026
Last checked
9 October 2026
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