Acute Occupational Therapy Lead and Therapy Manager

NHS; Epsom, Carshalton; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust for the Acute Occupational Therapy Lead. This role entails managing Occupational Therapy services, ensuring high-quality patient care across multiple settings, emphasizing collaboration within the multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates should possess managerial experience and a solid clinical background, advocating for continuous service development in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of providing Acute OT.
• Experience of managing and appraising staff.
• Experience of managing change.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high quality and responsive patient focused service.
• Operationally lead and develop Acute Occupational Therapy services.
• Ensure effective treatment and management of patients.

Skills

Clinical leadership skills

Ability to influence and problem solve

Positive attitude to change

Ability to prioritize

Education

Relevant OT qualification and HCPC registration

Experience of NHS management

Evidence of CPD

Teaching & Training experience

Job description

Go back Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Acute Occupational Therapy Lead and Therapy Manager

The closing date is 09 July 2025

Acute Occupational Therapy Lead and Therapy Manager An exciting opportunity has become available to join Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust as the Acute Occupational Therapy Lead. Occupational Therapy plays a vital role in the acute care setting, ensuring that patients experience a seamless and positive journey during their inpatient stay and beyond. Our Occupational Therapists collaborate closely with physiotherapy colleagues, the wider multidisciplinary team, and community partners. The team provides services across two hospital sites in a diverse range of clinical areas, such as respiratory, cardiac, elderly care, general medicine, renal and surgery. We are seeking a motivated and committed individual with clinical and managerial experience who is keen to further develop the service in the capacity of professional lead. This role will be undertaken in partnership with a supportive therapies management team. This may be your first experience in a management role or you may have previous experience at this level. For further information or to discuss this opportunity informally, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high quality and responsive patient focused service to the patients of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust resulting in good evidenced based outcomes.

The acute therapy service achieves this through providing assessment, diagnosis and effective treatment and management of patients accessing Occupational Therapy services in Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital and enabling access to community and other services for patients with Physiotherapy requirements.

To reduce length of stay, reduce duplication, increase response rates and single assessment processes across the patient pathway

To be the Professional Lead for acute Occupational Therapy

To operationally lead and develop Acute Occupational Therapy services on the acute sites for both adults and paediatrics.

Acute Therapy services comprise the following teams:

• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Admin Team

The post holder is will have primary operational responsibility for Occupational Therapy. However it is expected that the post holder will work closely with the other Acute Therapy Managers and professional leads to provide cross cover for each other as required.

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

Person Specification

Values & Behaviours

• Putting the patient first
• Taking opportunities to improve
• Work as one team
• Respect each other

Qualifications and Training

• Relevant OT qualification and HCPC registration
• Experience of NHS management
• Evidence of CPD
• Teaching & Training experience

Experience

• Extensive experience of providing Acute OT
• Consolidated experience of managing and appraising staff
• Experience of managing change
• Experience of managing health & safety in the workplace
• Experience of recruitment
• Experience of budget management

Skills & Abilities

• Clinical leadership skills
• Ability to influence and problem solve
• Positive attitude to change and flexible approach
• Ability to prioritise and work independently
• Committed to an integrated approach

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.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

£59,490 to £66,239 a yearper annum Incl. HCAS (Outer)