# Advanced Occupational Therapist - Hands & Upper Limb > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-occupational-therapist-hands-and-upper-limb/810803e6-4527-4b7b-9a7c-cdf92e89a048 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-occupational-therapist-hands-and-upper-limb/810803e6-4527-4b7b-9a7c-cdf92e89a048.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Birmingham Children's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 26.25 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T16:19:25.632Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Womens_Childrens_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8340230 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8340230?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bwc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist to join the Regional Paediatric Hands and Upper Limb Service as a Band 7 Advanced Occupational Therapist. The post holder will provide highly specialist assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for children and young people with traumatic hand injuries, congenital hand differences and other complex upper limb conditions. Working within a specialist multidisciplinary team, the post holder will play a key role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care and contributing to the ongoing development of a regional tertiary service. ### Main duties of the job - Manage a specialist caseload of children and young people with hand and upper limb conditions. - Deliver advanced occupational therapy assessment, treatment and rehabilitation programmes.Provide specialist hand therapy interventions, including splinting, orthotic management and functional rehabilitation. - Work collaboratively with consultant surgeons, therapists, nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team. - Support children, young people and families to achieve meaningful functional goals and maximise participation in daily activities. - Contribute to service development, audit, quality improvement and education activities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable). Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of treating burns/plastics/hands patients at AfC Band 6 level or equivalent - Experience of specialist techniques e.g. hand therapy, splinting, pressure therapy - Supervision of students/junior staff colleagues **Desirable** - Active participation in Hands related special interest groups - Experience of working with children and young people ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy - Professional registration as an Occupational Therapist with the HCPC - Post registration courses/qualifications in subjects relevant to Hands and Upper Limb, for example BAHT courses **Desirable** - Post graduate course/qualifications in leadership ## Documents - [advanced occupational therapist - paediatric hands and upper limb (pdf, 449.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10664342) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.