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Job overview
Barnet Children’s Integrated Therapies are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and self‑motivated Occupational Therapist to join our service. The successful candidate will lead the delivery of the Occupational Therapy Service for children and young people in mainstream schools, while managing a varied and rewarding clinical caseload across the community. This Band 7 role is ideal for an experienced clinician skilled in interdisciplinary working who is ready to take on greater leadership responsibility, including providing high‑quality clinical supervision, oversight and day to day support to junior OTs.
We have 1 part time (0.8 WTE) fixed term position available for the successful candidate to join our Children's Integrated Therapies (CIT) Team, providing an innovative service to children and families in Barnet. Please note a strong Band 6 who is working towards a Band 7 role will be considered as a development opportunity. Alternative working hours and patterns will be considered for this post.
Main duties of the job
This post involves working with children and young people aged 4–19 years across a range of settings, including mainstream schools and clinic environments, supporting those with needs from mild to more complex. You will work independently while being part of a friendly, open, supportive and experienced therapy team. You will be responsible for the development of the mainstream schools service which will involve working closely with key stakeholders and the Local Authority to drive high quality Occupational Therapy support in schools. A key focus of this role is providing clinical leadership in supporting children with motor based needs and physical disabilities, ensuring best‑practice assessment, intervention and service development in this area.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- A broad range of clinical conditions in children and young people
- Documented evidence of continuous professional development showing progression of learning and future learning objectives. Ability to identify professional training needs, and evidence of updating clinical skills
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of the appropriate assessment tools for this client group ie. upper limb monitoring
- Experience supporting children and young people with physical disabilities.
- Previous experience working in schools
- Day to day clinical supervision and oversight to junior team members.
- Current issues in the delivery of community based services
- Involvement in the development of pathways/ service improvement work as part of a service.
Desirable
- Experience supporting children with postural management needs and assessment and provision of specialist seating.
- Previous NHS experience
- Experience of the development and implementation of training programmes for staff/ parents.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to respond to pressure appropriately
- Professional manner
- Commitment to equal opportunities
- Demonstrate trust values: innovative, compassionate, accountable, respectful, excellent
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Leadership qualities
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Advanced knowledge of the current evidence base relating to specialist area.
- Excellent therapy assessment and treatment skills in specialist field utilizing a range of approaches ie. COOP/ CIMT
- Able to independently manage own clinical caseload and prioritize as required
- Demonstrates effective communication skills with all disciplines and agencies. This includes clear, concise verbal and written reporting skills
- IT skills including word processing and excel
- Excellent presentation skills of complex information
Training and Qualification
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HPC Registration
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
- Evidence of continued Professional Development related to the post.
Desirable
- Clinical educator training
- Masters level modules or further training courses in speciality
- Member of RCOT
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This advert is for Mainstream Lead Occupational Therapist with Whittington Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum Including HCAS. The contract type is 6 months (This is currently a fixed term post that may become permanent in the future.). The application deadline is 30 Jun 2026.
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