# Paediatric Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-occupational-therapist/8d438644-26eb-4213-8482-29604aa4443b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-occupational-therapist/8d438644-26eb-4213-8482-29604aa4443b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bracknell - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41,957 - £50,387 per annum (incl. of HCAS) - **Contract type:** 1 year (Fixed term end date will be determined after pre-employment checks have been completed) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T10:51:51.642Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Reading/Berkshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CYPIT_West_Berkshire/CYPIT_West_Berkshire-v8051582 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8051582?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist who is passionate about working with children and young people? Are you looking to work as part of a supportive team in a flexible working environment whilst earning HCAS? We have a new and exciting opportunity for a band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team on a fixed term basis in West Berkshire. Within this post you will have the opportunity to work as part of an experienced team of therapists in a mix of community settings, educational settings, homes, having independence and autonomy to manage your own caseload. In your role you will be expected to deliver a high standard of occupational therapy care to children and young people with developmental and complex needs, therefore for this role we are looking for someone with a real passion for seeing children and young people reach their potential. Our core working hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 – 17:00 but we can offer flexibility around this. The role will involve some travel. ### Main duties of the job - Provide high quality assessment and interventions for children and young people with developmental / complex needs - Function as a specialist autonomous clinician, supporting delivery of the CYPIT model and providing support to more junior staff and students - Contribute to defined projects and service development initiatives as requested - Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records and provide written therapy plans and reports including contribution to the EHC Assessment process and tribunals as required - Use needs-led, impact-based clinical decision making, and associated outcome measures - Provide specialist clinical care including assessment, diagnosis and intervention ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The “must haves” for this role: - Be a qualified Occupational Therapist, with experience in assessing and treating children and young people with developmental and complex needs presentations - Excellent communication skills - Hold a full UK driving license, with access to using a vehicle for work purposes For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to email: Sarah Baker at : \[email protected\]  who’ll be delighted to help. Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible. ## Job Details Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist who is passionate about working with children and young people? Are you looking to work as part of a supportive team in a flexible working environment whilst earning HCAS? We have a new and exciting opportunity for a band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our team on a fixed term basis in West Berkshire. Within this post you will have the opportunity to work as part of an experienced team of therapists in a mix of community settings, educational settings, homes, having independence and autonomy to manage your own caseload. In your role you will be expected to deliver a high standard of occupational therapy care to children and young people with developmental and complex needs, therefore for this role we are looking for someone with a real passion for seeing children and young people reach their potential. Our core working hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 – 17:00 but we can offer flexibility around this. The role will involve some travel. ## Job Description Provide high quality assessment and interventions for children and young people with developmental / complex needs Function as a specialist autonomous clinician, supporting delivery of the CYPIT model and providing support to more junior staff and students Contribute to defined projects and service development initiatives as requested Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records and provide written therapy plans and reports including contribution to the EHC Assessment process and tribunals as required Use needs-led, impact-based clinical decision making, and associated outcome measures Provide specialist clinical care including assessment, diagnosis and intervention ## Responsibilities The “must haves” for this role: Be a qualified Occupational Therapist, with experience in assessing and treating children and young people with developmental and complex needs presentations Excellent communication skills Hold a full UK driving license, with access to using a vehicle for work purposes For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed. We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to email: Sarah Baker at : \[email protected\] who’ll be delighted to help. Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible. ## Person Specification ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Minimum of 2 years’ experience in working with children - Experience of undertaking assessment of and supporting children with complex presentations. - Experience of supporting CYP in both community and educational settings. **Desirable** - Experience with developing and delivering training programmes to support service delivery. - Experienced and able to demonstrate a commitment to integrated working and close partnership working with internal and external partners. ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - Car Driver and willingness to work across Berkshire, as required - Good interpersonal skills ### Knowledge, Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Evidence of a value system which puts the child at the heart of actions - Evidence of an understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people - Able to demonstrate a clinical knowledge and familiarisation with a range of standardised and non-standardised assessment tools relevant to occupational therapy interventions - Able to use IT to support and innovate clinical development - Excellent, succinct written and verbal communication skills - Ability to work in a calm and confident manner in stressful situations - Ability to work successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team - Knowledge of current professional and statutory issues - Ability to self-motivate **Desirable** - Ability to act as a role model and leader to others, in adopting change ### Education/Qualifications/Training **Essential** - Professional Qualification e.g. Professional knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma supplemented by post graduate diploma specialist training, experience, short courses plus further specialist Training - Able to demonstrate required clinical knowledge of up to date Occupational therapy interventions and service issues relevant to Children and Young Peoples service provision. - An understanding of the diverse needs of children and young people **Desirable** - Clinical educators course - Member of relevant clinical specialist interest group ### Continuous Professional Development **Essential** - Recognised CPD in area of clinical specialism **Desirable** - Experience of supervision and training of other band 5 therapists/students and other professionals - Willingness to undertake leadership and management training and development ## Documents - [working for us (pdf, 766.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341024) - [help with your application guide (pdf, 256.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2285) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 272.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341022) - [value based recruitment behaviour framework (pdf, 454.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10341023) ## 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.