Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Job summary
Exciting Job opportunities!!!
CFHD are looking to recruit a 1.0wte Specialist Occupational Therapist to provide specialist Occupational Therapy support within the Experts at Hand
service through advice, consultation, modelling of strategies, training, and
targeted intervention.
The post-holder will work as part
of the multidisciplinary team and autonomously to support children and young
people, families, and professionals by building capacity within early years,
school and post-16 settings, delivering training, and offering time-limited
direct interventions where indicated.
This
is an exciting chance to take a leadership role in shaping and developing this
innovative pilot service as it is rolled out across Devon.
The successful
candidate will have the opportunity to influence service development, support
implementation, and help drive the success of this new model of support for
children, young people, and the wider workforce.
Main duties of the job
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To provide Specialist OT assessment and intervention for a caseload of complex cases
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Provide support and clinical supervision to OT staff across CFHD
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Work within the Physical and Sensory Pathway providing support to Occupational Therapists working across a range of pathways
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Screen and triage referrals and ensure a strengths-based approach to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to support the complex packages of care for children with additional needs in the community
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Contribute to risk assessment and care planning in collaboration with children, young people and their carers
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Provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, advice and interventions to children, young people and their families and to hold a caseload of children with complex needs
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Provide case management of an identified caseload of children and young people with highly complex long-term conditions and complex needs by utilising and promoting evidence-based care
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Sound knowledge of child development
- Evidence of advanced training in specialist clinical area
- Evidence of audit and quality improvement training
- Experience of working as part of a professional team and multidisciplinary team
- Skilled in risk management
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Experience of presenting complex information to staff and senior management
- Experience of implementing changes in service design and delivery both profession specific and in a multidisciplinary environment
- Understand legal responsibilities of the profession, and health and social care delivery
- Knowledge of NSFs, local government, and health policies and procedures, safeguarding adult
- Demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Experience of managing patients with a range of complex conditions
- Experience in specialist assessment relevant to your specialist field
- Clear evidence of high level of professional skills within a specialist health or social care setting
- Experience of safeguarding vulnerable adults and/or children
- High level of knowledge of a broad range of relevant conditions and proven experience of delivering evidence-based practice
- Knowledge of the clinical guidelines, and experience of implementing these recommendations in practice
Desirable
- Complaints management and resolution
- Ability to write and present a business case
- Ability to analyse data
- Use of team-based working to promote change and development
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- State registration current HCPC registration
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio including attendance at recent postgraduate courses relevant clinical area of expertise and/or postgraduate qualification
Desirable
- Post graduate leadership certificate
- MSc in relevant clinical area
Closing Date: 7 August 2026
To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.