Senior Occupational Therapist; Experts at Hand; CFHD

This Senior Occupational Therapist post sits in the Physical and Sensory Pathway of Children and Family Health Devon, delivering the Experts at Hand programme. The core of the work is specialist assessment and intervention for children at home, in school and in the community, with coaching and training for schools. It is a 1.0 WTE post within a multidisciplinary team, with supervision of Band 4 and Band 5 staff.

Applicants with transferable experience from other specialist settings, not only paediatrics, are welcomed.

• Hold responsibility for assessment, clinical reasoning, intervention planning and management of a specialist caseload
• Deliver specialist OT assessment, advice and intervention across home, education and community settings
• Work with children, families, schools and partner agencies using strengths-based, goal-focused, evidence-based approaches
• Support schools through consultation, coaching, modelling strategies, training and capacity-building
• Deliver and evaluate targeted interventions using evidence-based practice and routine outcome measures
• Advise on equipment, environmental adaptations and statutory OT responsibilities where appropriate
• Work autonomously while managing clinical risk and complexity
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and the ongoing Experts at Hand model
• Supervise, mentor and support Band 4 and Band 5 staff, assistants and students
• Support multidisciplinary working, workforce development and outcomes for children and young people
• Work flexibly across localities and service areas to meet service need and demand

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Diploma-level specialist training or experience

• HCPC registration

• Working to trust clinical guidelines and Royal College of OT and HCPC standards
• Monitoring own quality and safety of practice against national and local standards
• Extensive knowledge of OT models of practice and specialist approaches
• Experience of paediatric OT interventions such as manual handling, specialist equipment, 24-hour postural management, fine motor, sensory differences and housing adaptations

• Good written and verbal communication
• Extensive knowledge of legislation affecting practice, such as manual handling, housing and SEND
• Well-developed knowledge of SEND legislation
• Knowledge of a wide range of paediatric OT assessment tools
• Knowledge and use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures

• Post-graduate certified courses specific to children's needs, such as sensory training, ADOS or 3di
• Membership of a professional body

• Supervision, peer support and professional leadership
• Development opportunities in specialist practice and service development
• Leadership experience and workforce development
• Career progression