Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist - NW Surrey

Job summary

Are you an experienced and compassionate Occupational Therapist ready to progress your career?

We are looking for a dedicatedBand 6 Occupational Therapistto join our multidisciplinary Childrens Community Health Team. In this rewarding role, you will provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, and intervention to children with a wide range of complex needs, helping them and their families to achieve meaningful outcomes in everyday life.

As part of our Paediatric Therapy Team, you will independently manage a varied and complex caseload, undertaking specialist assessments and delivering evidencebased interventions. You will develop childcentred therapy plans that support children to learn, participate, and thrive across home, school, and community settings.

As a Band 6 clinician, you will also play a key role in developing others -providing clinical support, guidance, training, and supervision to junior staff and students.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist therapy support, advice, and education to children and their families, using clear and accessible communication.
• Convey complex and sensitive information about a childs needs, progress, and prognosis to parents/carers and external professionals.
• Undertake specialist assessments, interpret findings, set goals, and contribute to multidisciplinary diagnosis and care planning.
• Develop, implement, and review evidencebased, childcentred therapy programmes across home, clinic, and educational settings.
• Manage and prioritise your caseload effectively, responding to urgent referrals and balancing clinical and organisational responsibilities.
• Coordinate daily service delivery, including supervision, delegation, and oversight of Band 35 staff.
• Line manage junior staff, conducting supervision, appraisals, and development planning; deputise for the Band 7 as required.
• Produce highquality written reports and maintain accurate electronic records in line with professional and organisational standards.
• Work empathetically with families experiencing emotional stress, demonstrating sensitivity and professionalism.
• Liaise confidently with paediatricians, SENCOs, education staff, and external agencies; make onward referrals as appropriate.
• Plan and deliver training to parents, carers, educational staff, and wider professionals.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Woking

Surrey

GU21 5SB

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Woking

Surrey

GU21 5SB

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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