Highly Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist in Bristol

Main area: Occupational Therapy

Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time/Part time/Flexible working (37.5 hours per week, both part time & full time options available)

Job ref: 083-7867413-WW

Employer: Sirona care & health CIC

Employer type: NHS

Site: Knowle Clinic

Town: Bristol

Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata, per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 24/06/2026 23:59

Job overview:

Are you an expert in complex needs? Do you enjoy supporting and mentoring a team of therapists? Our Children's Therapy Service is seeking Highly Specialist Occupational Therapists to join our team! We have full time & part time roles available; please let us know your preference on application. The Children’s Therapy Services identify, assess, support and manage the health needs of children and young people aged 0-18 years, working closely with children and their families in health settings, family homes, and within mainstream and specialist educational settings.

As a highly specialist clinical therapist, you will be the source of expertise, providing support, supervision, teaching, advice and consultation across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire within the clinical area of complex needs, neuro disability and postural management.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide support, supervision, teaching, advice to members of the therapy team across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire.
• Expertise in complex needs with the ability to assess and treat cases as an autonomous, highly specialist and highly skilled clinician.
• Ability to implement treatment of children and young people with highly complex developmental, neurological and/or sensory conditions.
• To deputise in the responsibility for a locality team dependent on service needs.

Working for our organisation:

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive. We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position. If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• HCPC Registration
• Degree or equivalent in Occupational therapy as recognised by the HCPC.
• Evidence of advanced postgraduate training relevant to clinical area.
• Evidence of good, relevant, up to date CPD.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience of working in children’s Occupational therapy community team working with children who may have complex disability, analysing complex and conflicting information to form diagnoses and appropriate intervention.
• Advanced specialist knowledge of the theories and practical application of assessment and treatment of children and young people with highly complex developmental, neurological and/or sensory conditions, including children with life limiting and complex medical conditions.
• Ability to provide and evaluate specific therapy interventions for patients with highly complex presentations.
• Ability to deliver service, working as an autonomous practitioner in a community setting, ensuring own safety, safety of service users and having the ability to make effective clinical decisions without access to MDT support.
• Ability to lead on development, training and audit within given clinical specialty.
• Ability to be mobile for travel to community settings, and able to transport equipment as appropriate to service needs.
• Experience of upper limb splinting.

Employer certification / accreditation badges:

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.