Job Description

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Band 6

Main area

Occupational Therapy

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part time will be considered)

Job ref

343-7671020-AG

Site

Green Wrythe Lane Clinic

Town

Carshalton

Salary

44,485 - 52,521 pro rata, per annum incl HCAS (Outer)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

09/02/2026 23:59

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.




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Job overview

The postholder will provide an Occupational Therapy service for children who experience difficulties in their functional abilities or skills development in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure in accordance with the service level agreement for Sutton Health & Care Community Services.



They will contribute to the development of the Occupational Therapy service for children. They will plan and provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, advice and treatment for children with functional difficulties, working closely with the multidisciplinary team, school staff and families. They will work autonomously and without direct supervision in a defined clinical area, and will be accountable for their own clinical actions.


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Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

To provide a specialist paediatric Occupational Therapy service to a defined caseload To be responsible for a clinical caseload of children with a Sutton GP or an Education Health and Care Plan as commissioned by the London Borough of Sutton and Health Commissioners To use standardised and non standardised assessment, interview and observation skills to determine needs of children and effectively set goals and plan intervention To be responsible for a defined caseload ensuring time management to enable effective service provisi

Management Responsibility/Professional Leadership

To assist the children's Occupational Therapy Team Leader in planning and providing appropriate Occupational Therapy input to children in Sutton, including attendance at meetings, developing guidelines and protocols and reviewing service provision. To keep the Team Leader up-to-date with service provision issues and report any untoward incidences, clinical or non-clinical, promptly, co-operating with any investigation undertaken. To actively review efficacy of service delivery and facilitate setting up of new standards or amending existing ones, in close liaison with the Team. To keep up-to-date with the Department and Trust standards and policies and facilitate dissemination of this knowledge to colleagues.

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Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.



We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.



The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.


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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.


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Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential criteria

Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy Registered with HCPC #####

Desirable criteria

+ Relevant post-registration specialist education - ideally sensory integration training levels 1 and 2
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Experience

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Essential criteria

Specialist knowledge / experience in paediatric Occupational Therapy or appropriate experience in other Occupational Therapy setting which brings relevant transferable skills. Experience of working with children with ASD, neurological conditions, coordination disorders and functional needs #####

Desirable criteria

+ Knowledge / experience in the use of relevant assessment and treatment approaches and practices, including the use of standardised assessments.

Your recruitment team

The NHS South West London Recruitment Hub is your dedicated recruitment team, here to support you at every stage of the process. If you have a query, please contact us:

E:

krft.askrecruitment@nhs.net

Your application

Please ensure your supporting statement clearly reflects the

job description

and

person specification

, as shortlisting will be based on these criteria.



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References

Please provide a minimum of

3 years' employment and/or education history

, including

professional email addresses

(not personal accounts such as Hotmail or Gmail). If you cannot provide these, please inform the interview panel to avoid delays in pre-employment checks.

Closing date

To help us manage recruitment efficiently, some vacancies may close early once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting

If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted by

email or SMS

from the South West London Recruitment Hub. Please check your registered TRAC email regularly.

Application feedback

If you do not hear from us within

four weeks of the closing date

, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.

Safeguarding and DBS Checks

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an

Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.





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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.