Job summary
- Main area
- Band 6 Paediatric Occupational Therapist for Neurodiversity
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7150422
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cedar House St Michaels site
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 Per annum inclusive of HCAS, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 6 Neurodiversity Paediatric Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
The Neurodiversity Team is a multidisciplinary team which is designed to provide a needs-led, family-centered approach for children under the age of six with neurodivergent learning needs. The team includes (but is not limited to) parents, speech and language therapists (SLT), occupational therapists (OT), paediatricians, clinical psychologists, administrators, the voluntary sector, and educators. The role involves demonstrating a neuro-affirmative attitude to differences such as autism and ADHD. As part of the role you will be required to be a keyworker for a large number of families, and as such, will take the role of primarily liaison for the family in both positive and challenging times. The candidate will be expected to provide emotional and social support to parents and carers with additional needs and their families.
The post holder will possess expertise in assessing and supporting children, young people, and families (CYPF) with neurodivergent learning needs. This will include assessment, providing second opinions, offering specialist advice, and developing and delivering training for families and external services, such as healthcare providers and community partners.
Main duties of the job
Part of the main duties will be to take on the responsibility of keyworker for a larger number of children and their families, in order to act as the primary source of contact for families in times of worry or anxiety. To present clinical information and opinions clearly and concisely to other professionals.
To support developing and carrying out the need led pathway, giving your advice an expertise from the field of OT. Good understanding of neuroaffirming language and its importance.
Working for our organisation
NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details on the job description and main responsibilities. Please see Job description which includes person Spec for further details
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent
- Registration with the Health Professions Council for Licence to Practice
- Registered member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapy
Desirable criteria
- Recognised post graduate degree or training in a relevant area such as autism
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with neurodivergent children
- Experience of working with other professionals/early years staff.
- Knowledge and experience of a range of assessments appropriate for assessing children.
Desirable criteria
- A knowledge of relevant policies and documents, e.g. Early Years Framework, SEN reforms
- Knowledge of ADOS
- Experience of working in children centres and nurseries, schools.
- Experience of working with children in early years
Skills and aptitude
Essential criteria
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to organise, plan and prioritise Demonstrates ability to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrates empathy with clients, carers and families often where barriers to understanding exist ensuring that effective communication is achieved.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in delivering training.
- Speaks another language
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lauren Braham
- Job title
- Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07483318348
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