Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist
£36,558 - £40,620 per annum + benefits
Description: Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist
Type: Permanent
Hours: 30 hours per week
Location: Cheadle Hulme, SK8 6RQ
Salary: £36,558 - £40,620 per annum + benefits
Seashell Trust is a national charity supporting children and young people with complex learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairments, autism and physical disabilities. Based in Cheadle Hulme, we provide education, care, therapy, and outreach services, and are undergoing an exciting campus transformation, including a new college build.
We are now seeking an Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our high‑performing, multidisciplinary Health Team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced OT ready to lead, innovate and shape the development of occupational therapy practice within a CQC‑registered, specialist service.
About the Role
As an Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist, you will:
- Lead specialist assessment and intervention for children and young people with highly complex physical, sensory, intellectual, and communication needs.
- Provide clinical leadership to qualified OTs, offering supervision, coaching and support to develop their practice.
- Lead on elements of Clinical Governance, including audits, risk assessment, service quality, and staff development.
- Manage a complex caseload, delivering high‑level clinical reasoning and evidence‑based interventions.
- Support the procurement, safe use and evaluation of specialist equipment, ensuring best practice in postural and functional support.
- Contribute to MDT assessments, long‑term goal setting, progress reviews and service planning.
- Lead or contribute to service evaluation, research, innovation projects and conference presentations.
- Maintain accurate clinical documentation aligned with HCPC and RCOT professional standards.
- Liaise and collaborate with families, carers, education providers and health partners to ensure continuity of care.
What We’re Looking For:
- BSc/MSc in Occupational Therapy and HCPC registration
- Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Significant experience supporting children and/or young people with complex neuro‑disabilities, PMLD, MSI, autism and physical disabilities
- Experience delivering clinical supervision, managing staff, and contributing to service development
- Strong leadership qualities with the ability to direct others and act as a role model
- Experience contributing to clinical governance, audits or service evaluation
- Excellent communication, organisation, and report‑writing skills
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and manage competing priorities effectively
Desirable:
- SI practitioner status
- Experience sharing research or service evaluation findings externally
- Knowledge of adapted switches, environmental control systems or assistive technologies
- BSL, Makaton or Sign‑along qualifications