Clinical and Operational Lead High Dependency

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust; Enderby; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust seeks an experienced Occupational Therapist to lead our High Dependency Discharge to Assess Service in community settings. You will balance advanced clinical practice with operational leadership, guiding complex caseloads, referral management and care coordination to maximise recovery and safe discharge home.

Working with NHS, Adult Social Care and Local Authority partners, you will drive service development, quality improvement and workforce strategy while

Qualifications

• Registered OT with HCPC registration and eligibility to practice.
• Experience leading a multidisciplinary community-based therapy service.
• Proven ability to drive service development and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Community Therapy High Dependency Team within discharge-to-assess service.
• Provide specialist clinical leadership and manage a complex caseload.
• Support workforce development, supervision and mentoring of OT staff and students.
• Collaborate with NHS, Adult Social Care and Local Authority partners to drive service improvements.
• Ensure governance, records and policy adherence while deputising for service lead when required.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical leadership

Service development

Quality improvement

Team mentorship

Education

HCPC registered Occupational Therapist

Job description

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with a passion for leadership, innovation and service development? If you have experience within a community setting and are ready for a new challenge, we are seeking a motivated and dynamic Occupational Therapist to lead our highly regarded High Dependency Discharge to Assess Service. This innovative service supports people with complex needs to transition safely from acute hospital care, maximising recovery, independence and discharge home.

Working within a multidisciplinary team alongside NHS, Adult Social Care and Local Authority partners, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality care while contributing to service, pathway and workforce development, as well as quality improvement initiatives.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a specialist therapy team within one of the county's most innovative intermediate care services. The unit was the first in the county to provide dedicated therapy input within a high dependency discharge setting and has received national recognition through an HSJ Award nomination for its innovative patient care and system-wide partnership working.

The role combines advanced clinical practice with operational leadership, offering opportunities to lead service transformation projects, influence system-wide pathways and champion the value of therapy within patient care., Provide specialist clinical leadership for the Community Therapy High Dependency Team, ensuring high-quality, person-centred, evidence-based care. Support a complex Occupational Therapy caseload, including specialist assessment, intervention planning, outcome evaluation and discharge planning for individuals with physical, cognitive, mental health and functional needs.

Apply advanced clinical reasoning to provide expert advice, consultation and support to colleagues, multidisciplinary teams, service users and carers. Lead referral management, waiting list prioritisation, care coordination and caseload management, promoting independence, recovery and quality of life. Provide specialist guidance on functional ability, risk management, equipment, adaptations and accessibility needs.

Deliver supervision, mentorship and leadership to Occupational Therapists, support staff and students. Work collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies to ensure coordinated care. Lead and contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit, research and evidence-based practice across community therapy. Support recruitment, workforce development and performance management. Maintain accurate records and compliance with professional and governance standards. Investigate incidents and risks, promote continuous improvement, contribute to policy and service development, and deputise for the Clinical/Service Lead as required.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.