Job overview

CNWL NHS Trust is seeking a skilled and compassionate Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Children’s Community Service based in Milton Keynes. This exciting permanent position offers an opportunity to work in a supportive, small team while making a meaningful impact on children and families in the local community.

Whether you're an experienced Band 6 or an experienced Band 5 with equivalent transferrable skills and ready to develop further into a Band 6 role, this post offers fantastic development opportunities. We will support you in your growth to ensure you thrive in the role and provide high-quality, person-centred care to children with a variety of complex needs.

We are a friendly, dynamic and innovative team who are passionate about supporting children, young people and families in Milton Keynes.  We have an established internal training programme including Trust wide OT peer support and  opportunities for external training. 

Our admin base is at the Open University site.  We see the children referred to our service either within the Child Development Centre (within the grounds of Milton Keynes General Hospital) or in their homes. 

Main duties of the job

We are an integrated Health and Social Care Occupational Therapy team. This position offers the opportunity to gain a broad experience in both areas of Children's Occupational Therapy. From assessing and supporting children's  Occupational Performance skills in everyday activities to supporting with minor works and major housing adaptations through the DFG  (Disabled Facilities Grant) process.

This post will involve working  in a mixture of clinics, people's homes and Schools (as part of EHCP assessment). Our service is keen to focus on evidence based family-centred care principles, and applying best practice guidelines to enable occupational participation. We are open to new ideas and constantly reviewing and modifying the way we work.

We are currently developing our Targeted offer to Schools and Parents. The post holder will work as part of team to provide advice and deliver training to other professionals and parents/carers on all aspects of Children's Occupational Therapy. They will provide clinical education and training to Occupational Therapy students and will supervise the work of the OTA’s.

Working for our organisation

Working for CNWL NHS Trust means being part of a compassionate, forward-thinking organisation dedicated to providing high-quality, person-centred care. The Trust values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, ensuring that both staff and service users are supported in a caring and inclusive environment. As an employer, CNWL fosters professional development, embraces diversity, and is committed to creating a positive impact on the communities it serves.

We are:  

• A small supportive, friendly OT team
• Committed to the well-being and development of our staff
• Easily accessible via main routes (M1, A421)  from neighbouring Counties.

We can provide: 

• Flexible working 
• Support with ongoing CPD
• Clearly structured caseloads and prioritisation system
• Structured induction
•  Varied case load 

In joining you will receive: 

• Regular and ongoing Supervision and Mentoring opportunities as well as peer supervision.
• Opportunities to take an active role in projects, developing skills in audit and service developments.
• Training Needs analysis to identify learning needs and areas of interest.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.