Band 5 Paediatric Occupational Therapist
| Posting date: | 29 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 January 2026 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B21 9RY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9820-25-1092 |
Summary
Clinical/ Professional Duties and Responsibilities:1. Work as part of multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, providing early intervention for children and young people. 2. Enable and empower staff, parents/caregivers to identify childrens needs and provide strategies to help at the earliest opportunity. 3. Provide training and bespoke coaching to children and young people, early years/school staff and parents/caregivers. 4. Consult and work collaboratively with children and young people, parents, caregivers and school staff to problem solve functional difficulties. 5. Participate in meetings with staff from the wider SEND locality teams, as required, to support early identification of need, ensuring specialist help though locality forums. 6. Use specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments and decision making. 7. Undertake differential diagnosis of cases and contribute to overall decision-making for complex cases supported by colleagues. 8. Advise other professionals and parents/carers on the appropriate type and level of support needed to develop skills in the home / school environment. Assess, provide and monitor the use of therapeutic equipment as required. This willinvolve liaising with other agencies, teaching parents or carers about health and safety issues surrounding the equipment to enable its safe use. 10.Using developed communication skills, explain complex and sensitive information from clinical assessment and therapy outcomes to clients, carers and multidisciplinary team members 11.To assess and reassess the needs of the child, analysing and interpreting the information gathered to provide a diagnosis or contribute to the diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan, supported by colleagues. See JD and person specification for more information.