Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Work Well Programme

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization seeks an experienced Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to lead an innovative programme supporting individuals with health conditions to stay in or return to work. This pivotal role involves overseeing integrated occupational therapy services, providing clinical leadership, and collaborating with various stakeholders to promote inclusive practices. Candidates must have significant experience in mental health and a commitment to recovery-focused services. Competitive salary range of £64,455 to £74,896 per annum is offered.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in mental health, long-term conditions, or vocational rehabilitation.
• Proven leadership and service development skills.
• A commitment to inclusive, recovery-focused practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of integrated occupational therapy services.
• Provide expert clinical leadership and supervision to multi-disciplinary teams.
• Collaborate with employment services to promote inclusive work health approaches.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Inclusive practice

Education

Registered Occupational Therapist

Job description

Overview

Go back NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist – Work Well Programme

The closing date is 08 October 2025

Coventry and Warwickshire ICB is proud to be one of 15 national WorkWell Vanguard Partnership areas, delivering an innovative pilot programme to support people with health conditions or disabilities to stay in or return to work. WorkWell and Work Health are pioneering initiatives that support individuals with physical or mental health conditions to overcome barriers to employment, advocating for inclusive and healthy work-environments. Working collaboratively with employers, healthcare providers, and community services to promote sustainable work participation and recovery.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist within the WorkWell Programme to lead integration across health, care and employment support. This role is pivotal in shaping holistic, person-centred employment support that bridges health and work.

You will be a registered Occupational Therapist with:

• Significant experience in mental health, long-term conditions, or vocational rehabilitation.
• Proven leadership and service development skills.
• Strong analytical, planning, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• A commitment to inclusive, recovery-focused practice.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the design and delivery of integrated occupational therapy services within the WorkWell Programme.
• Provide expert clinical leadership and supervision to multi-disciplinary teams.
• Collaborate with employment services, health providers, and local authorities to promote inclusive work health approaches.
• Support strategic planning, service evaluation, and quality improvement.
• Act as a clinical escalation point for complex health and employment needs.
• Develop and deliver training for health and employment professionals.

About us

The role will be employed within Coventry and Warwickshire ICB. You will be supported by the Head of Allied Health Professions and Strategic Commissioning Lead for WorkWell.

Job responsibilities

Holistic Service design and delivery: Adopting personalised employment support, health and wellbeing services, and employer engagement to promote inclusive hiring practices.

Expert Clinical Leadership: a highly influential occupational therapist, utilising clinical and professional expertise at the interface of health and employment services to promote integrated evidence-based approaches to employment support.

Professional supervision and support: The post holder will use their expert professional clinical skills and extensive knowledge to provide high-quality, regular supervision to teams delivering the WorkWell programme, as well as clear leadership, and opportunities for continued professional development.

Quality enhancement and evaluation: to embed the learning from the project to influence future commissioning intentions and service delivery.

Communication and relationship skills: To develop stakeholder relationships with strategic leads from a range of sectors, including Employment, Health and Local Authorities to ensure they are well sighted and invested in the project, ensuring that the implementation of the Workwell programme aligns with existing governance and partnership arrangements.

Person Specification

Knowledge, training, experience

• Registration with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist
• Experience of clinical leadership within a complex rehabilitation
• Experience of working at a senior level in occupational therapy
• Expert specialist knowledge and experience of reporting impact of occupational therapy outcomes
• Proven ability to design, lead and evaluate education and training to improve practice

Management and Planning

• Experience of strong partnership and multi-agency working to deliver service change
• Able to use initiative based on robust professional judgement with the aim of improving outcomes inline with organisation policies.
• Ability to promote leadership in self and other in complex working environments.
• Experience of leading service innovation and change processes

Skills

• Ability to understand, review, interpret and analyse highly complex fact and situations to support effective decision making
• Able to make decisions in complex, unpredictable and contentious issues
• Able to apply strategic decision-making in leading complex situations
• Able to fully utilise research and evidence to inform successful implementation in system reform

Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Demonstrates inclusive leadership in action, promoting equality and diversity in practice
• Able to communicate sensitively and appropriately within a range of stakeholder recognising importance of inclusive practice

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.

NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

£64,455 to £74,896 a year, pro rata per annum