HCRG Care Group
Bank Senior Occupational Therapist - SE Surrey
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Job Introduction
As a valued member of our Bank Senior Occupational Therapy team, your wellbeing and development matter.
We offer a comprehensive range of benefits designed to help you feel supported, recognised, and empowered in your role:
- Flexible Shift Booking – Enjoy the freedom to self-book bank shifts and request time off up to six weeks in advance, supporting a healthy work–life balance.
- Wagestream Access – Monitor and access earned wages in real time, helping you avoid high‑interest borrowing and stay in control of your finances.
- Professional Growth – Broaden your experience across multiple services, access free training opportunities, and join our Strive for Better professional network.
- 24/7 Wellbeing Support – Benefit from free counselling, legal advice, financial guidance, and career coaching whenever you need it.
- Innovative Culture – Share ideas, apply for national funding, and help drive meaningful service improvements across our organisation.
- Recognition & Engagement – Celebrate colleagues through awards, take part in executive Q&A sessions, and feel connected to our leadership.
- Commitment to Excellence – Join a group where services are consistently rated Good or Outstanding by the CQC.
Are you an experienced and compassionate Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in your career?
We are looking for a dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our multidisciplinary Children’s Community Health Team. This is a rewarding and influential role, where you will:
- Provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, and therapeutic interventions to children with a wide range of developmental needs.
- Work collaboratively with families, carers, and other professionals to support children to develop independence, confidence, and essential life skills.
- Contribute to holistic, person‑centred care plans that enable children and their families to reach their full potential.
If you’re passionate about improving outcomes for children and thrive in a dynamic, supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.
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You will be based at one of our Surrey-wide office hubs, with the option of hybrid working to support your professional and personal needs.
At HCRG Care Group, we proudly champion a flexible‑first approach. Our agile working culture empowers teams to deliver outstanding care while enjoying a supportive and adaptable work environment.
Main Responsibilities
- Complete detailed assessments and diagnoses, working with children and families to co‑create personalised treatment plans and communicate complex clinical information in a clear, supportive way.
- Provide tailored interventions, advice, and training, including sourcing specialist equipment for home and school use.
- Deliver care across a range of settings - homes, schools, nurseries, and clinics, ensuring equitable access and holistic support.
- Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies, attending joint sessions, case conferences, and maintaining effective communication throughout.
- Prioritise goals for children with a variety of needs, including complex conditions or life‑limiting illnesses, and manage therapy blocks, discharges, and referrals appropriately.
- Apply safe manual handling techniques and adapt practice to reflect the cultural and linguistic needs of families.
- Uphold safeguarding responsibilities, manage incidents appropriately, and comply with mandatory training.
- Prepare high‑quality written reports for EHCPs, reviews, and other professional documentation to support positive educational and therapeutic outcomes.
Ideal Candidate
Essential
- Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of relevant postgraduate training or equivalent experience, such as:
- Child development
- Specialist study of ASD, ADHD, and other neurodevelopmental conditions
- Demonstrable post‑registration experience working with children in a paediatric setting
Desirable
- Membership of BAOT
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
- Clinical Educator qualification
- Experience delivering children’s Occupational Therapy services in a community environment
- Previous NHS experience
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Additional requirement: A full driving licence and access to a car.
For further information please contact Lisa on 07867373045.
About The Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's 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.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re 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 doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
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