Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
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Job Opportunity: Sensory Processing Service - Occupational Therapist
Do you have a strong interest in working in sensory processing with children and young people, their families, and schools? Do you want to be part of a pioneering service within Hertfordshire?
Hertfordshire Community Trust has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual to support children and young people, their families, and schools within the Sensory Processing Service.
We are looking for 0.6 WTE Band 7 Highly Specialist Occupational Therapists to bring skills and experience of working within the Sensory Processing Service. The successful candidates will also join a large and innovative team of therapists and assistants working within our community service.
Proposed interview date: 27th August 2026
You will work closely with the MDT to deliver universal, targeted, and specialist support to children, young people, and their families in a variety of settings.
The Ideal Candidate Will
- Maintain a high degree of professionalism when working in settings with a highly emotive atmosphere with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge and skills of sensory processing differences for children and young people.
- Be flexible in their approach and have resilience under pressure.
- Work both in a team environment and autonomously.
- Demonstrate a high level of knowledge and understanding of working with children, young people, families, and schools.
- Demonstrate a high level of knowledge and experience of implementing reasonable adjustments and inclusive practices.
- Demonstrate Neuroaffirmative practices.
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We Can Offer You
- Regular clinical and professional supervision from within the clinical team.
- Personal development planning and continuing professional development.
- Involvement in service development including undertaking clinical audits, project work, and service forums.
- Opportunities to provide clinical supervision and line management where appropriate.
You’ll find the organization is a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff. Recent NHS staff survey results reflect a positive and inclusive working culture at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, with staff highlighting supportive leadership, strong teamwork, and a commitment to staff well-being and development.
Our staff are proud to be pioneering, caring, and inclusive in their work to help achieve the Trust vision:
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- We put our children, young people, their families, and carers at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.
- We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages.
We don’t want you to miss out, so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible.
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You’ve made a great decision to apply to join HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.
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Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
- Name: Micaela Johnson
- Job Title: CQL for Children's Neurodiversity
- Email Address: micaela.johnson4@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 07787 261323
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