Occupational Therapist (bank)

Main area Bank Grade Band 6 Contract Bank Hours Flexible working - Sessional Worker Contract Job ref 828-Providebank123

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Kestrel House Town Chelmsford Salary £28.98 per hour Salary period Hourly Closing 08/04/2026 23:59

Job Overview

Our paediatric SEND team are looking for an occupational therapist to join the team on a bank basis.

This post requires the post-holder to visit schools across the Essex area, so it is essential that they can drive and have access to their own car.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will hold an appropriate occupational therapy degree and be HCPC/RCSLT registered. They will be supported to work independently, as well as part of a team. They will have experience of working with children with special educational needs. They will also provide training (in-person or virtually) to nursery and education staff and parents as required.

This post requires the therapist to engage with the child and family; liaise with nursery and education staff, and contribute to Educational Health and Care Plans. This post also requires the candidate to drive to various locations across Essex.

Working for our organisation

The Workforce Solutions leaflet is attached to this vacancy, this includes the benefits of working bank at Provide.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further information. There are a variety of hours available.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Paediatric neuro experience
  
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• HCPC registration
  
  

Further Information

How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.

As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.

If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net

If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

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Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

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Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.

Work Trials

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We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.