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Senior Specialist Community Children Occupational Therapist

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

London, SE11 4TH £58,133 – £65,261 a year Permanent Posted 28 August 2026 Apply by 13 September 2026

Home Office register entry: Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London

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Role description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team. We are looking for a highly specialist experienced band 7 children's occupational therapists, to join our dynamic Evelina London Community Children Occupational Therapy team.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in collaboration with families to deliver occupations focused therapy to children and families in clinics, home and school as well as work alongside colleagues in the multidisciplinary/multi-agency team.

The post holders will be experienced with working with children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders as well as other developmental difficulties - preferably in community settings. All post holders will work under the supervision of experienced clinical specialists/ team leaders.

Interviews to take place on 24th September 2026

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have the opportunity to work alongside the Occupational Therapy leadership team and support service development and quality improvement and participate in transformation work within their roles.

The successful applicant will be working within a large team of community children occupational therapists that support services to the Evelina community population in Lambeth and Southwark and will also be an integral part of the experts@hand multidisciplinary team supporting SEND reforms across these two boroughs.

You will have the opportunity to provide various models of care ranging from direct intervention including groups, parent intervention and advice & consultation. The post holder will be professionally supported through supervision and given the opportunity to further develop and build on their specialist clinical skills and knowledge with the support of Evelina Healthcare Community Children's Occupational Therapy Services.

As well as supervising band 6 Occupational Therapists and technical assistants, the post will also provide you undertaking delegated responsibilities from the 8A and with the following opportunities:

To both lead and participate in service training
To participate in service evaluation and design to support efficiency in care
To lead on care pathways, service developments and service innovation projects

About us

You will working within a large team of Occupational Therapists that truly believe in putting children and their families at the centre of what we do.

You will be supporting babies, children, young people (0-19 years), with a wide range of health, physical, learning or development difficulties and/or disabilities. We aim to enable a child's participation within their own environment, and as such your work will be across home and education settings, as well as in our child development centres.

You will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, including Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Dietitians, School Nurses, Health Visitors, and the administrators which support the this team.

The Occupational Therapy service has a supportive and progressive management structure with departmental objectives founded upon the principles of the clinical governance framework and trust core values. The trust is committed to continuing the professional development of its workforce and the department has structured in-service training supported by personal and professional development plans and yearly appraisals.

Date posted

28 August 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£58,133 to £65,261 a year p.a inc. HCA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

196-LIS10773D

Job locations

Mary Sheridan House

5 Dugard Way

London

SE11 4TH

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for full details of duties and responsibilities.

To carry out advanced Occupational Therapy assessments and treatments of children referred to the service who have a range of special needs particularly children complex social and communication disorders such as Autism.
To manage a highly specialist caseload independently
To use advanced clinical reasoning skills to analyse and interpret complex assessment findings, from both standardised and non-standardised assessments in order to help contribute and formulate uni-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary outcomes.
To identify and select from a wide variety of therapeutic interventions which is evidence based using a client centred approach taking into account any clinical risk.
To teach and demonstrate specific therapeutic techniques to parents/carers and education staff to enable them to carry out an Occupational Therapy programme designed specifically for their child.
Evaluate client intervention and progress using appropriate outcome measures and evaluation tools. Modify treatment programmes as appropriate and discharge clients when the need for Occupational Therapy is no longer indicated.
To provide the Occupational Therapy services to children in schools. This will involve the management, co-ordination and delivery of therapy on site, supervising more junior occupational therapy staff. The therapist will liaise directly with the Head Teacher and staff on issues such as setting of priorities and teacher training.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of multidisciplinary team working and multi agency working.
Previous experience of working in community and/or education settings
Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills in relation to treatment and assessment of paediatric clients.
Experience of managing other occupational therapists/ support staff.
Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills in relation to treatment and assessment of paediatric clients.
Knowledge and experience of a wide range of assessment and treatment techniques for paediatric neuro development.

Skills

Essential

Able to organise and manage own caseload, and delegate to less senior members of staff.
Have a understanding of the Special Education Needs Legislation
Show evidence of being selfmotivated and remaining updated with professional practice and new research.
Able to formulate care programmes, and identify goals.

Knowledge

Essential

Recognised training course for an Occupational therapist.
State registered Occupational Therapist (Health Professional Council)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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