Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Specialist Community Children Occupational Therapist
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team. We are looking for a highly specialist experienced band 7 children's occupational therapists, to join our dynamic Evelina London Community Children Occupational Therapy team.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in collaboration with families to deliver occupations focused therapy to children and families in clinics, home and school as well as work alongside colleagues in the multidisciplinary/multi-agency team.
The post holders will be experienced with working with children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders as well as other developmental difficulties - preferably in community settings. All post holders will work under the supervision of experienced clinical specialists/ team leaders.
Interviews to take place on 24th September 2026
The post holder will have the opportunity to work alongside the Occupational Therapy leadership team and support service development and quality improvement and participate in transformation work within their roles.
The successful applicant will be working within a large team of community children occupational therapists that support services to the Evelina community population in Lambeth and Southwark and will also be an integral part of the experts@hand multidisciplinary team supporting SEND reforms across these two boroughs.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
You will have the opportunity to provide various models of care ranging from direct intervention including groups, parent intervention and advice & consultation. The post holder will be professionally supported through supervision and given the opportunity to further develop and build on their specialist clinical skills and knowledge with the support of Evelina Healthcare Community Children's Occupational Therapy Services.
Responsibilities
As well as supervising band 6 Occupational Therapists and technical assistants, the post will also provide you undertaking delegated responsibilities from the 8A and with the following opportunities:
- To both lead and participate in service training
- To participate in service evaluation and design to support efficiency in care
- To lead on care pathways, service developments and service innovation projects
You will be working within a large team of Occupational Therapists that truly believe in putting children and their families at the centre of what we do.
You will be supporting babies, children, young people (0-19 years), with a wide range of health, physical, learning or development difficulties and/or disabilities. We aim to enable a child’s participation within their own environment, and as such your work will be across home and education settings, as well as in our child development centres.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
You will be an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, including Paediatricians, Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Dietitians, School Nurses, Health Visitors, and the administrators which support this team.
The Occupational Therapy service has a supportive and progressive management structure with departmental objectives founded upon the principles of the clinical governance framework and trust core values. The trust is committed to continuing the professional development of its workforce and the department has structured in-service training supported by personal and professional development plans and yearly appraisals.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Judy Archer
- Job title: Head of Community Children Occupational Therapy
- Email address: Judy.Archer4@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 02030498181
If you wish to find out more about the roles available, please ring 0203 049 8181 or you can contact the department by email.
Please email Louise Vassallo Clinical Specialist/ Team Lead (l.vassallo@nhs.net) or Vicky d'Abo Clinical Specialist/Team Lead(v.dabo@nhs.net)
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location