Job Summary
As a lead occupational therapist in TEWV you will provide clinical and professional leadership and management for occupational therapy in the designated service area. This will also include managing your own small highly complex occupational therapy caseload, assessing occupational performance and delivering specialist occupational intervention. You will ensure the professional standards of care are maintained in your own occupational therapy caseload and that of those you lead, demonstrating adherence to the Trust Values at all times, and operating as a leader in the team, service and organisation.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the delivery of occupational therapy services across the designated service area.
To provide specialist advice to occupational therapy staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team and wider.
To be responsible for receiving complex requests for occupational therapy, triaging and prioritising these, completing evidence-based assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
To use client-centred approaches to co-producing negotiated occupational goals and evaluate these with service users collaboratively.
To participate in and provide clinical/professional and management supervision
To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
To contribute to and lead on service improvement and quality initiatives
To use the Trust electronic patient record system
To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Pre-registration qualification in occupational therapy (relevant professional field) as recognised by HCPC)
- Registration with HCPC.
- Evidence of post-registration master’s level learning
- Or in the absence of master’s level learning – equivalent experience in relevant area. E.g., relevant level 7 courses, researcher role, quality improvement activity, leading service development, project management, strategic leadership, NICE involvement, service evaluation.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) level 7 (SLT =8) for international recruit
Knowledge
Essential
- Significant experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
- Significant understanding of the needs of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities or autism
Experience
Essential
- Substantial clinical experience of complex occupational therapy delivery in relevant specialist area in collaboration with service users, families, and relevant others.
Desirable
- Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team (SW essential criteria)
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.
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).
Closing Date: 04 January 2026
