• Job Description

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  Job summary

  A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Highly Specialised Paediatric Occupational Therapist to join the Children and Young People's Gender Service, based at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, with outreach work across the South West of England.

  This is an exciting opportunity to join a specialist multi disciplinary team providing hoslitic assessment and appropriate intervention to children and young people with gender incongruence and their families. This post offers the opportunity to work across a variety of settings to provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy service on out-patient and outreach basis including community and school visits which will involve some extended travelling. This will also include to our clinics across the UHBW estate, including outreach in North Bristol, and to Weston General Hospital amongst others.

  The role involves provision of specialist advice and consultation, liaison with families, and local therapy and external agencies involved in the care of children and young people with gender incongruence and where appropriate other co occurring conditions. The post holder will promote the development of this service as a member of the multidisciplinary team and provide a source of expertise locally, nationally and internationally.

  Main duties of the job

  • Provide a specialised Occupational Therapy service including assessment, treatment and management of children and young people with Gender Incongruence, and co-occurring conditions. Co-occurring conditions may include some of the following: autism, ADHD, sensory integration disorder, dyspraxia, eating disorders including ARFID.
  • To be a core member of the CYP Gender Service, assisting in the development, planning and progression of service provision, working across and within traditional professional and organisational boundaries in hospital, education and community settings.
  • To act as a source of expertise and demonstrate advanced knowledge and experience in the highly skilled management of children with Gender Incongruence and co-occurring conditions

  Further details can be found on the attached job description and person spec.

  About us

  University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

  Details

  Date posted

  24 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  9 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time

  Reference number

  387-WC7951-NG

  Job locations

  Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

  Upper Maudlin Street

  Bristol

  BS2 8BJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Training

  Essential

  • Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
  • Registration with Healthcare Professions council (HCPC)
  • Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate continued professional development

  Desirable

  • Registration with RCOT
  • Further training in a related area, eg sensory integration therapy, ACT

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Significant post graduate experience across a wide range of specialities
  • Experience of working within paediatrics at senior level (Band 6 or above)
  • Evidence of working within a multidisciplinary team with clear understanding of each disciplines roles and expectations
  • Experience of research, audit and/or service development

  Desirable

  • Experience of working within a relevant area eg neurodiversity, CAMHS, Community Paediatrics, specialist education provision
  • Experience of managing a complex caseload
  • Experience working in a community settings eg schools
  • Experience of supporting improved function alongside working with local services

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Demonstrable IT skills e.g Word, excel, virtual appointments
  • Proven responsibility for own decision making whilst working closely within a team
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to work independently as an autonomous practitioner
  • Ability to travel to clinics in the region

  Aptitudes

  Essential

  • Good communication skills
  • Good team player
  • Leadership
  • Honest
  • Trustworthy
  • Hardworking
  • Enjoyment with working with children and young people

  Person Specification

  Qualifications and Training

  Essential

  • Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
  • Registration with Healthcare Professions council (HCPC)
  • Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate continued professional development

  Desirable

  • Registration with RCOT
  • Further training in a related area, eg sensory integration therapy, ACT

  Knowledge and Experience

  Essential

  • Significant post graduate experience across a wide range of specialities
  • Experience of working within paediatrics at senior level (Band 6 or above)
  • Evidence of working within a multidisciplinary team with clear understanding of each disciplines roles and expectations
  • Experience of research, audit and/or service development

  Desirable

  • Experience of working within a relevant area eg neurodiversity, CAMHS, Community Paediatrics, specialist education provision
  • Experience of managing a complex caseload
  • Experience working in a community settings eg schools
  • Experience of supporting improved function alongside working with local services

  Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Demonstrable IT skills e.g Word, excel, virtual appointments
  • Proven responsibility for own decision making whilst working closely within a team
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
  • Ability to work independently as an autonomous practitioner
  • Ability to travel to clinics in the region

  Aptitudes

  Essential

  • Good communication skills
  • Good team player
  • Leadership
  • Honest
  • Trustworthy
  • Hardworking
  • Enjoyment with working with children and young people

  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

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

  Address

  Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

  Upper Maudlin Street

  Bristol

  BS2 8BJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)

  Address

  Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

  Upper Maudlin Street

  Bristol

  BS2 8BJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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