Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist (Development post considered)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Lead Paediatric Occupational Therapist to work within our integrated Children’s Therapies service based at the Child Development Centre, Airedale General Hospital . The post holder will deliver highly specialist clinical activity and provide clinical leadership to a small paediatric OT team , working closely together with the team leader for paediatric OT / PT, and supported by the Therapy services manager . They will also work closely with our Speech and Language therapists , other health and educational professionals and our therapy support team.

The service provides uni- professional and multidisciplinary occupational therapy for children and young people up to the age of 19 years . The post holder will contribute to quality improvement planning, implementation of service developments, and work collaboratively with the Occupational Therapy Professional lead , health and education colleagues both internally as well as across the wider Bradford and Craven Health and Care partnership and in regional forums.

A development post at Band 6/7 may be considered for the right candidate

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to provide a high standard of highly specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment interventions working as an autonomous practitioner in the Children’s Therapies services

They will provide clinical leadership and supervision for the paediatric OT team. They will give operational support and provide clinical expert knowledge to the team lead , Children’s therapies service manager and other stakeholders relating to service development, statutory responsibilities and operational activities , both internally and in the wider system.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC registration
  • Relevant Masters/ Level 7 post graduate study

Desirable

  • Leadership/ management qualification
  • Relevant Specialist Therapist qualifications

Experience

Essential

  • Comprehensive experience in NHS Paediatric Occupational Therapy services
  • Wide experience of Multidisciplinary team and multiagency working
  • experience of taking key role/ leading service development and audit
  • experience of providing clinical supervision to Paediatric Occupational therapists

Desirable

  • Experience of providing line management
  • Experience of recruitment processes, absence management and performance monitoring

Knowledge

Essential

  • Highly specialist knowledge of Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention
  • Knowledge of Occupational Therapy and other professional guidance and standards relating to Children and Young people
  • Knowledge of SEND Code of Practice and statutory responsibilities of health providers
  • Knowledge of clinical and operational governance

Skills

Essential

  • Highly specialised Occupational Therapy clinical skills with relevant caseloads
  • Highly developed planning and organisation abilities
  • Ability to set objectives for self and team and evaluate
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills
  • Highly developed conflict/ problem solving
  • Ability to work in a role with conflicting demands
  • Ability to use a variety of leadership styles

Desirable

  • Concern and complaint investigation

Experience

Essential

  • Comprehensive experience of assessment and provision of specialist equipment

Desirable

  • Experience of representing profession and service at Trust and system level

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 7 August 2026

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