Rotational Children's Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Do you find joy in turning play into therapy? Perhaps you’ve transformed a school hall into a jungle adventure, or shared a make-believe feast with a superhero on the moon. In children’s occupational therapy, imagination isn’t just fun – it’s a powerful tool for growth, learning, and independence.

If you’re inspired by the idea of supporting children and young people to build confidence in self-care, learning, and play, this role could offer the creative and meaningful career move you’ve been waiting for.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Community Paediatric Occupational Therapy Team at Buckinghamshire NHS Trust .

In this role, you’ll deliver universal, targeted, and specialist interventions for children with EHCPs in mainstream settings. You’ll manage your own caseload, provide specialist assessments and interventions, support colleagues and students, and contribute to training and service development alongside the leadership team.

We’re seeking a positive, proactive clinician with paediatric experience and a commitment to advancing occupational therapy for children and young people.

In return, we offer a supportive team environment that puts patient care first, values professional development, and champions the vital role of occupational therapy in children’s services.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Paediatric Occupational Therapist, you will manage your own complex caseload of children and young people with a variety of conditions, using specialist clinical skills to provide assessments, interventions, and coaching to families, education staff, and other professionals. You will lead on supporting and training team members, supervise students and therapy assistants, and contribute to service development through evidence-based, multi-agency projects. The role requires strong prioritisation, organisational and communication skills to balance clinical duties with non-clinical responsibilities such as service improvement initiatives, resource development, and training delivery. Working closely with colleagues in Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, health, education, and social care, as well as the Buckinghamshire Integrated SEND team and tertiary centres, you will play a vital role in ensuring a successful multidisciplinary approach. You will provide universal and targeted advice within the SEND Code of Practice, design and deliver training to parents and practitioners, and embed yourself within the service’s clinical pathway by actively participating in team meetings, all while ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, child-centred occupational therapy service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

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.