Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in your career? We are seeking a dedicated Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our expanding team.

In line with the national "Experts at Hand" (EAH) initiative, this role focuses on a highly responsive, embedded model of therapy and support. Instead of working in isolation, you will act as the accessible clinical expert directly within educational environments. You will collaborate with teachers, families, speech & language therapists and educational psychologists to provide early, localised intervention for children with Occupational Therapy needs.

You will work alongside a Highly Specialist B7 therapist and B4 assistant practitioners to support the development of the EAH. You will support the development of the service and work to embed targeted interventions and coaching teaching staff directly inside mainstream classrooms.

We look forward to welcoming you to our small but highly committed team.

Informal discussions prior to application are welcome

Main duties of the job
Whilst working as an autonomous practitioner in the community, within the county of Herefordshire, plan and organise own caseload according to the needs of the children and the service.

To use evidence based standardised and non-standardised assessment tools with children, including observations in the most appropriate settings for the child/young person, in order to establish levels of functional ability and disability and to inform your practice and intervention.

To agree child focused aims, goals and objectives for all OT intervention.

To design individual therapeutic treatment plans, for children to be carried out either by you or delegated to Occupational Therapy support workers, families, carers or school staff.

About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Details
Date posted: 05 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
pa, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 229-IC-8086370-A
Job locations: Benet Building, Belmont
Ruckhall Lane, Belmont
Hereford
HR2 9RP
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.

Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential

• Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential

• Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions
• Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills
• Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area
• Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping
• Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail
• Able to make independent, sound, clinical decisions and problem solve
• Able to manage busy case load and prioritise
• Ability to work autonomously using specialist knowledge, skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries

Experience
Essential

• NHS or equivalent experience e.g. Children's acute or community or community services
• Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Able to maintain confidentiality and professionalism within the environment that they are working
• Able to demonstrate awareness of own limitations and need to ask for help
• Evidence of ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in written documentation
• Works well in a team
• Ability to adapt and demonstrate flexibility in changing service needs
• Shows evidence of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
• Reliable

Other Factors
Essential

• Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post
• Able to meet physical & moving and handling requirements of post. I.e. re-positioning of a patient, use of moving & handling equipment, approved manual physical movement practices of patient
• Able to deal sensitively and safely with blood and bodily fluids

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address: Benet Building, Belmont
Ruckhall Lane, Belmont
Hereford
HR2 9RP
United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Children's Occupational Therapy Team Lead
Deirdre Waters
Deirdre.Waters@wvt.nhs.uk
01432269584

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.