Specialist Occupational Therapist

Are you an experienced and enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist passionate about supporting children and young people?

Join our Childrens Community Occupational Therapy Service as one of 4.1 WTE Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapists delivering Experts at Hand across Halton and Warrington. The service supports educational settings to identify needs early and provide inclusive support so children and young people can participate, learn and thrive. Through consultation, coaching, modelling and training, you will build staff confidence to provide support at universal, targeted and targeted-plus levels, working with families and partners to reduce barriers and secure the right help at the right time.

You will join a supportive, collaborative team whose approachable leaders value wellbeing, work-life balance and professional development. You will receive high-quality clinical supervision and opportunities to strengthen specialist practice, contribute to service improvement and share occupational therapy expertise.

If you are an innovative, motivated occupational therapist with strong clinical reasoning, communication and collaborative working skills, we would be delighted to welcome you.

At North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, our values of Kind, Open, Fair and One Team guide how we work. You will demonstrate them through compassionate care, open communication, inclusive practice and partnership working that improves outcomes for children and young people.

As a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist within the innovative Experts at Hand service, you will provide specialist occupational therapy advice to help schools develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to support children and young people with occupational performance, participation and independence needs.

You will develop and deliver engaging whole-school training, consultation and coaching, enabling education staff to embed inclusive occupational therapy approaches and use appropriate targeted, evidence-based strategies. You will work collaboratively with colleagues, sharing specialist knowledge and contributing to reflective practice and service development.

You will deliver drop-in consultation sessions within schools, supporting staff to identify occupational needs early, agree practical strategies and navigate pathways so children receive support at a universal, targeted or specialist level. Working collaboratively with education staff, families and partner agencies, you will promote inclusive environments and help embed effective approaches into everyday routines across school communities.

You will contribute to the evaluation and continuous improvement of the service by recording outcomes, gathering feedback and using performance information to demonstrate the impact of the Experts at Hand model on staff confidence, inclusive practice and outcomes for children and young people.

Provisional interview dates: 21st & 22nd October 2026

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM). They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

• Kind:
  We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open:
  We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair:
  We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team:
  We work well together and with our communities

To provide Occupational Therapy intervention to children (aged 0 to 19 years), with a variety of conditions.

To work across the geographical areas within the allocated borough.

To manage a defined caseload using evidence based/client centre principles to access, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

To regularly supervise…