Specialist Children's & Young Person's Occupational Therapist Hereford

Job summary

We are in search of a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Children's Community Occupational 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, with a focus upon Occupational Performance pathways.

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.

We encourage applications from experienced Occupational Therapists from a range of clinical backgrounds. Transferable skills and experience gained in other areas of occupational therapy are highly valued.

Will consider developmental band 5 to band 6 position as appropriate.

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 the quality of care we'd want for our 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 of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, work, a a great place to develop your career and a 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: 10 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to to £48,117 a year

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Reference number: 229-IC-8269978

Job locations: Benet Building, Belmont, Ruckhall Lane, Belmont, Hereford, HR2 9RP, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy




• HCPC Registration




• Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

• Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions




• Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills




• Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area




• Experience of multiidisciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping




• Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail




• Able to make independent, sound, clinical decisions and problem solve




• Able to manage busy case load and prioritise




• Ability to work autonomously using specialist knowledge, skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries

Experience

Essential

• NHS or equivalent experience e.g. Children's acute or community or community services




• Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to to maintain confidentiality and professionalism within the the environment that they are working




• Able to demonstrate awareness of own limitations and and need to to ask for help




• Evidence of ability to communicate effectively both verbally and and in written documentation




• Works well in a team




• Ability to adapt and demonstrate flexibility in changing service needs




• Shows evidence of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence




• Reliable

Other Factors

Essential

• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post




• Able to meet physical & moving and handling requirements of post. I.e. re-positioning of a patient, use of moving & handling equipment, approved manual physical movement practices of patient




• Able to deal sensitively and safely with blood and bodily fluids

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).

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name: Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address: Benet Building, Belmont, Ruckhall Lane, Belmont, Hereford, HR2 9RP, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Team Lead Children's Occupational Therapy Team, Deirdre Waters, deirdre.waters@wvt.nhs.uk, 01432269584

Supporting documents

Privacy notice: Wye Valley NHS Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.