214734 Occupational Therapy Team Lead (AP)

TN United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a skilled Occupational Therapy Team Lead at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The successful candidate will lead a team, manage a clinical caseload, and ensure high-quality rehabilitation for patients with major trauma. This role requires strong leadership, communication skills, and flexibility in managing trauma care. The position involves weekend working as part of a 5 over 7 day pattern.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing Major Trauma care.
• Proven leadership skills in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead a dynamic team of Occupational Therapists.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality rehabilitation services.
• Coordinate early supported discharge services.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Occupational Therapy Degree

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17.05.2025

Expiry Date:

01.07.2025

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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Occupational Therapy Team Lead

Band 7, Permanent, Fulltime

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled and motivated Team Lead Occupational Therapist to join the Major Trauma service, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE). The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in leading a dynamic team of Occupational Therapists ensuring the delivery of high-quality rehabilitation services throughout the patient journey from Critical Care through the Major Trauma Ward and into the community. Flexibility and experience in managing Major Trauma care is essential combined with proven leadership skills.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for a clinical caseload within the major trauma service of polytrauma and traumatic brain injury. They will ensure delivery of evidence-based and client-centred principles to assess, implement and evaluate interventions to patients with potentially life changing injuries. They will manage Occupational Therapists responsible for early intervention rehabilitation and supporting patients with the transition from the acute setting to home. They will coordinate and oversee an early supported discharge service delivered by the wider acute rehab team including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Rehab Assistant Practitioners and Rehab Coordinators.

The successful candidate will work along-side an established Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist and work collaboratively in promoting service development and evaluation. They will be responsible for the clinical supervision and management of 3 senior Occupational Therapists (B6), a B5 OT, an assistant practitioner OT (B4) and an OT assistant (B3), plus the clinical guidance of 3 Rehab Assistant Practitioners. They will be an excellent team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills. They will foster positive and collaborative team culture, integrating best practices into the team's approach and have previous experience of undertaking service development/QI practices.

There will be a commitment to weekend working in the occupational therapy team at RIE as part of the 5 over 7 day working pattern.