Occupational Therapist - Clinical Pathway Lead - School Aged

Job summary
Do you want to be part of a large, dynamic, integrated children's therapy service? We are transforming our service, and an exciting opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Therapist to join our innovative and friendly Children's Therapy team as a Clinical Pathway Lead for school aged children. This role is based in the North and Mid Hampshire area (based in Basingstoke, Winchester, Andover or Aldershot with the expectation to travel for clinical work and staff supervision across the locality) but your pathway work will inform service delivery across the whole of Hampshire.

HIOWH Children's Therapy Service has an integrated model of care across Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Podiatry working together to provide holistic support with children and their families at the centre of what we do. We have excellent working relationships with early years services, schools, health and social care colleagues. This enables us to support children and the wider community to develop creative and innovative ways of working together to better meet the needs of both the child and their family.

We can support you to develop your clinical and leadership skills by offering:

• A friendly and supportive network of colleagues
• Clinical supervision and joint working opportunities
• Regular peer supervision with colleagues across the team.
• Professional training and update days with colleagues across the region.
• Training and development opportunities

Main duties of the job
HIOWH NHS Foundation Trust's Integrated Children's Therapy service is for children aged 0-19 who experience challenges with Physical disability, daily functional activities, eating and drinking skills, speech, language, and communication. As a Pathway Lead, you will lead in ensuring the service delivery on our school aged pathway is line with current research and best practice.

This is a community service delivered in children's homes, pre-school settings, Children's Centres, mainstream schools, special schools, and community clinics.

Physiotherapists, podiatry, Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists work together with children and their families as part of multi-agency teams with Health Care professionals across acute and community services, Education, social care colleagues and Equipment providers, to enable children achieve their therapy goals.

Please see job description for more detail.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• BSc Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent
• Registered member RCOT
• HCPC Registration

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.

Details
Date posted: 28 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year (Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 348-CFS-12020
Job locations: Cromwell House, 15 Andover Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7BT, United Kingdom; Adelphi House, 49 Church Square, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 7SN, United Kingdom; Beech Hurst Childrens Therapy Service, Beech Hurst Weyhill Road, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3AJ, United Kingdom; Aldershot Centre for Health, Hospital Hill, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU11 1AY, United Kingdom

Employer details
Employer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Cromwell House, 15 Andover Road, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 7BT, United Kingdom
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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Therapy Manger and OT Clinical Lead
Claire Brunton and Jo Johnson
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