Paediatric Occupational Therapist

Totus Neurorehabilitation is a growing community neurorehabilitation service providing brain injury rehabilitation and cognitive assessments throughout the South West of England and South Wales. We provide neurorehabilitation to children and young people across a broad developmental range, following acquired brain injury or neurological illness.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Paediatric Occupational Therapist to join our team.

We are funded on a case‑by‑case basis through individual funding packages (e.g., exceptional healthcare funding, CHC funding). As such the post holder is contracted to individual clients and the working hours will be based on the individual clients’ requirements. This post would best suit a practitioner working part‑time in the NHS looking for one or two additional cases a week.

As the post covers a large geographical area, you must hold a full UK driving licence, have access to a car for business purposes and be able to travel for appointments. Travel time is paid at half the clinical rate. You will also be partly working from home and will need a confidential space to do online sessions and meetings when needed.

This is an Associate position, which means the applicant is self‑employed and contracted to the client. You will be required to register as a sole trader with the HMRC and submit your own tax return yearly. The applicant requires their own indemnity insurance, DBS certificate, and registration with the ICO.

The post holder will often work as part of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team (including Neuropsychologists, Physiotherapists and Speech and Language Therapists) providing evidence‑based brain injury rehabilitation in the community, clients’ homes, or outpatient clinics.

You will be responsible for managing your own caseload within the team and working across services and systems throughout our clients’ rehabilitation journeys. You will be able to work collaboratively and creatively with evidence‑based approaches, and you will have a keen interest in neurorehabilitation with a desire to develop excellence in the field.

You will have experience in working with children and young people who have neurological presentations and cognitive deficits, experience of working within complex psychosocial systems, and the confidence to engage with multidisciplinary teams in complex case formulation. The post is suitable for experienced clinicians.

Totus is a complete neurorehabilitation service, bringing together expert clinicians to support people following acquired brain injury, neurological illness or complex physical trauma. Our multidisciplinary team includes specialists in neuropsychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics, and MS support services. We work closely with case managers, solicitors, families and support teams to deliver coordinated, person‑centred rehabilitation that maximises each individual’s potential.

Our values are based in patient‑led rehabilitation, with a community focus, funded on transparent communication, evidence based treatment, and sustainability of the rehabilitation model. All aimed to promote the quality of life of our clients and their supporters.

Paediatric Occupational Therapist Community Neurorehabilitation

Location:

Community‑based (eg. client homes, clinics, remote work), South West England and South Wales

Hours – based on clients’ individual funding

Reports to – Paediatric Service Lead

Accountable to – Totus Neurorehabilitation Ltd Directors

The post holder will have their working base at home and will provide Occupational Therapy assessment and rehabilitation services to children and young people (CYP) with acquired and traumatic brain injury and neurological conditions, in the clients’ own homes, nursery/school/college settings, in the community, or at a designated clinic room.

The post holder will work in an interservice context across several systems including the child, family and wider caregiving network, case managers, legal services, allied health professionals both within and external to Totus, and…