# Specialist Children's & Young Person's Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-childrens-and-young-persons-occupational-therapist/061dae32-2fba-4abb-84db-314598f71135 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-childrens-and-young-persons-occupational-therapist/061dae32-2fba-4abb-84db-314598f71135.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust - **Location:** Vaughan Building - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-08T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-10T08:41:17.197Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Childrens_Team/Childrens_Team-v8269978 - **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are in search of a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Children's Community Occupational Therapy team. As a Band 6 Children’s Occupational Therapist you will be responsible for providing a specialist and comprehensive Occupational Therapy service for children 0-18 years and their families, who have a Herefordshire GP, with a focus upon Occupational Performance pathways. Planning and management of your own caseload and interventions, providing specialist assessment and treatment and referring children to other specialist services as needed. These interventions will take place in the most relevant environment for the child and their family – the home environment, therapy suite or schools. We encourage applications from experienced Occupational Therapists from a range of clinical backgrounds. Transferable skills and experience gained in other areas of occupational therapy are highly valued. Will consider developmental band 5 to band 6 position as appropriate. ### Main duties of the job Whilst working as an autonomous practitioner in the community, within the county of Herefordshire, plan and organise own caseload according to the needs of the children and the service. To use evidence based standardised and non-standardised assessment tools with children, including observations in the most appropriate settings for the child/young person, in order to establish levels of functional ability and disability and to inform your practice and intervention. To agree child focused aims, goals and objectives for all OT intervention. To design individual therapeutic treatment plans, for children to be carried out either by you or delegated to Occupational Therapy support workers, families, carers or school staff. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification. ### 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** - NHS or equivalent experience e.g. Children's acute or community or community services - Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment ### Other Factors **Essential** - Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post - Able to meet physical & moving and handling requirements of post. I.e. re-positioning of a patient, use of moving & handling equipment, approved manual physical movement practices of patient - Able to deal sensitively and safely with blood and bodily fluids ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Able to maintain confidentiality and professionalism within the environment that they are working - Able to demonstrate awareness of own limitations and need to ask for help - Evidence of ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written documentation - Works well in a team - Ability to adapt and demonstrate flexibility in changing service needs - Shows evidence of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence - Reliable ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy - HCPC Registration - Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience ### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities **Essential** - Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions - Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills - Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area - Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping - Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail - Able to make independent, sound, clinical decisions and problem solve - Able to manage busy case load and prioritise - Ability to work autonomously using specialist knowledge, skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries ## Documents - [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985) - [229-ic-7906372 jdps (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10584934) ## 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.