• Job Description

  Req#: C9229-25-0704?language=en&page=249&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are in search of a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Children's Community 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.

  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.

  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.

  About us

  Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

  Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

  We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

  More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

  We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

  Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

  Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

  Details

  Date posted

  17 October 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £38,682 to £46,580 a year pa, pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  229-IC-7507221-A

  Job locations

  Benet Building, Belmont

  Ruckhall Lane, Belmont

  Hereford

  HR2 9RP

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
  • HCPC Registration
  • Significant post graduate experience and CPD relevant to Children's Occupational Therapy / Specialist courses (or equivalent experience)

  Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  Essential

  • Knowledge and experience of using both standardised and non-standardised assessments
  • Computer and key board skills
  • Demonstration of knowledge, understanding and ongoing use of OT core skills

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of legislation pertaining to children

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with children as an Occupational Therapist

  Person Specification

  Education & Qualifications

  Essential

  • Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
  • HCPC Registration
  • Significant post graduate experience and CPD relevant to Children's Occupational Therapy / Specialist courses (or equivalent experience)

  Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

  Essential

  • Knowledge and experience of using both standardised and non-standardised assessments
  • Computer and key board skills
  • Demonstration of knowledge, understanding and ongoing use of OT core skills

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of legislation pertaining to children

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working with children as an Occupational Therapist

  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.

  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.

  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

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  Benet Building, Belmont

  Ruckhall Lane, Belmont

  Hereford

  HR2 9RP

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wye Valley NHS Trust

  Address

  Benet Building, Belmont

  Ruckhall Lane, Belmont

  Hereford

  HR2 9RP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wyevalley.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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