Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist for the Surgical Therapy Team based at Royal Liverpool Hospital. The role leads OT across Urology, Colorectal, Hepato-Biliary, Upper GI, Ophthalmology and General Surgery with a focus on frailty, independence and safe discharge.

You will provide specialist assessment, treatment planning and leadership, supporting Band 5/6 staff and students while driving quality improvement and service

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Good time management.
• Ability to implement change.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessment of patients with complex presentations using advanced clinical reasoning.
• Deliver and evaluate treatment programmes across physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological and social functioning.
• Supervise and educate Band 5/6 OTs, therapy assistants and students.
• Lead day-to-day running of the OT team and disseminate information.
• Participate in recruitment and staff development under guidance of Therapy Lead.
• Contribute to service development, governance, audits and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

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Education

BSc or Diploma in OT

HCPC Registration

Evidence of CPD

Job description

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 19 November 2026

• Do you have a passion for supporting people living with frailty to achieve their maximum independence and recovery following surgery?
• Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a strong rehabilitation background and a commitment to person-centred Care?
• Do you have the leadership skills to develop staff, improve services and drive innovation within a surgical therapy team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled, motivated and dynamic Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join the established Surgical Therapy Team at University Hospitals Liverpool Group. Based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, you will lead the Occupational Therapy Service across a range of surgical specialties, including Urology, Colorectal, Hepato‑Biliary, Upper GI, Ophthalmology and General Surgery. This role offers an excellent opportunity for a passionate Occupational Therapist with substantial post‑registration surgical and rehabilitation experience to further develop their leadership and specialist clinical skills within a supportive and forward‑thinking environment.

Working within an acute surgical setting, you will deliver evidence‑based rehabilitation interventions to support recovery, maximise independence and improve outcomes for patients, including those living with frailty. You will play a key role in service development, including improving pathways for trauma outlier patients, driving quality improvement initiatives and influencing future service delivery.

Main duties of the job

The Royal Liverpool Hospital plays a key role in delivering high‑quality healthcare across the city. The post holder will support the development of Occupational Therapy services in line with the trusts vision and values. The role involves providing expert assessment, treatment planning, clinical reasoning, risk management and problem‑solving to maximise functional independence, reduce length of stay and support safe and timely discharge. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent communication, compassion, sound clinical judgement, flexibility and effective leadership skills. They will provide line management, supervision, appraisal and training for Band 6 and Band 5 Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and students, with support from Therapy Managers. Working closely with Physiotherapy colleagues, the wider Critical Care and Respiratory therapy teams, multidisciplinary teams, patients, carers and external agencies, the post holder will contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, research and quality improvement initiatives. University Hospitals Liverpool Group is committed to supporting staff development. The post holder will have access to peer support and supervision from the Therapy Management Team and Band 7 peers across the Trust, with opportunities to attend relevant training, courses and leadership development programmes. Weekend working is required in line with service needs.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‑winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further information:

To undertake assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multiple pathologies using advanced clinical reasoning skills and manual assessment techniques to clinically diagnose

Implement evidence based treatment plans with regards to physical, cognitive, perceptual, psychological and social functioning.

Deliver and evaluate treatment programmes according to health care needs using a comprehensive range of treatment options.

To advise, assist and educate band 5 and band 6 OTs and Student OT's.

Occupational Therapists on the management of clinically complex patients.

To be responsible for the supervision of Students and Assistants within own team.

To provide Therapy Lead with relevant information for the planning and development of the unit.

To ensure where necessary the provision of staff cover within own clinical team in times of annual leave/sickness etc.

To assist the Managers in achieving the departmental objectives and promoting an open style of management.

To participate in the professional development programme of the Occupational Therapy Department.

Co-ordinate the effective day to day running of own team and ensure effective dissemination of information.

To participate in the recruitment and selection of therapy staff under the guidance of Therapy Lead.

This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and not a rigid, inflexible specification. It may be subject to revision to meet the changing needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.

Through the course of your employment you may become aware of information concerning patients or staff. All such information must be treated as confidential. Breach of this confidence may result in dismissal.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc or Diploma in OT
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of CPD

Experience

• Demonstrable postgraduate clinical experience
• Active experience in audit
• Supervision of staff and students
• Teaching of junior staff
• Experience of working with other agencies
• Experience in clinical speciality

Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good time management
• Ability to implement change

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.

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