Clinical Team Leader - Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist

Elht; Nelson; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Team Lead Occupational Therapist specialising in stroke to manage and develop the community stroke service. The role involves leading an OT team, coordinating multidisciplinary care, and delivering advanced stroke rehabilitation across hospital and community settings.

You will provide expert assessment, treatment planning, and clinical leadership while supporting staff development and safeguarding patients through high standards of

Qualifications

• Be responsible for clinical care to a defined caseload with highly specialised assessment and intervention.
• Undertake comprehensive specialist assessments and formulate individualised management plans.
• Lead on development of clinical networks and pathway improvements.
• Supervise junior staff and manage workload within the OT team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the OT community stroke service in collaboration with other leads.
• Coordinate and evaluate the service delivery to ensure timely discharge.
• Manage HR aspects including appraisals and staff development.
• Deliver high-quality care across the stroke pathway from admission to community setting.

Skills

Leadership and supervision

Stroke rehabilitation knowledge

Advanced assessment skills

Research and practice development

Communication skills

Education

OT degree/diploma

HCPC registration

Leadership development training

Professional body membership

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Clinical Team Leader - Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area occupational therapy Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 435-D176-26-A

Site Pendle Community Hospital Town Nelson Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/11/2026 23:59

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Team Lead Stroke Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our Integrated Stroke Therapy Service. This role will be across the stroke pathway with a focus on community stroke rehabilitation.

The job focus will be to clinically lead the Occupational Therapy team in collaboration with our current band 7 OT. You will work closely with the wider MDT providing highly specialist advanced assessment and treatment of patients with complex stroke rehabilitation needs on the stroke pathway. You will be a HCPC registered therapist with sound knowledge and experience of stroke.

As the clinical lead, you will plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate the OT community stroke service in partnership with the other clinical leads and operational manager.

We have an experienced leadership team working across the stroke and neuro service therefore you will have a strong support system in place for anyone new into a band 7 role.

Flexibility in working patterns will be required to meet the needs of the service. Access to a vehicle is essential to commute between sites.

Main duties of the job

The role will require you to undertake advanced stroke OT assessment and rehabilitation with patients, allocated to your caseload, along with providing close supervision to junior staff in your team.

As part of the community stroke rehabilitation service, you will work closely with the wider MDT to set collaborative rehabilitation goals and treatment programmes to support timely discharge into the community. As such you will be expected to build close links with our inpatient stroke therapy staff to support a seamless early discharge into the community setting supporting acute patient flow.

You will be responsible for the day to day running of the OT team which will include both clinical and operational management responsibilities.

The suitable candidate will have a broad understanding of the stroke rehabilitation pathway from admission through to the community setting and have post graduate stroke or neuro rehabilitation experience and wishing to specialise in this clinical field.

Working for our organisation

The Integrated Stroke Team provides specialist stroke services to adults within the acute & rehabilitation setting across Pennine Lancashire within a range of settings including outpatient departments, patients’ homes, and care home settings.

The Integrated Community Stroke team consists of a whole MDT team including an ACP, Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Clinical Psychology, AHP Professor in Neurorehabilitation and Stroke along with Therapy Assistant Practitioners.

As a service we are actively involved in research developments and as the clinical lead you will have opportunities to participate in service improvement projects. We also have a robust training and supervision structure in place to support staff to full fill their role.

As part of the therapy service, you will work across the stroke therapy pathway at weekends. The weekend rota includes a 7-day working rota including bank holidays.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

CLINICAL PRACTICE

Be responsible for providing clinical care to a defined caseload of patients that require highly specialised assessment, planning and intervention skills.

Undertake a comprehensive assessment at a highly specialist level with patients on a designated caseload. This may involve the selection and application of standardised and non-standardised assessment, along with evidence-based treatment planning and intervention.

Undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients, including those with highly complex presentations, using investigative and analytical skills. Formulate individualised management and treatment plans, where appropriate, including effective discharge planning and onward referral.

Assess capacity of patients in order to gain valid informed consent for intervention and work within organisational policy with patients who lack capacity.

Formulate goals in partnership with the patient, clearly communicating your clinical reasoning, in order to justify your recommendations and utilising most appropriate treatment/intervention for the patients’ needs.

Undertake risk assessment and manage and document risk. Advise senior and junior staff in appropriate therapeutic management of patients in relation to risk.

Work as an autonomous practitioner in a variety of settings (clinic, patient’s own home, school, care home, hospital, etc.) where there is a requirement to make decisions spontaneously.

CLINICAL LEADERSHIP

Responsible for the effective case-load management of a complex case-load individually and within team and allocation of work to senior and junior staff, support staff and students. This will require an overview and re-allocation of work-load on a daily basis due to changing priorities, in order to support delivery of key quality and performance targets.

Actively involved in research activities and practice development in work area; seeking out evidence-based practice, appraising, and applying knowledge as appropriate.

Lead on the development of a clinical network within designated clinical area/pathway supporting delivery of best practice and relevant clinical guidelines.

TEAM LEADERSHIP

Manage departmental issues for staff within the designated service area, including workload management, holidays, sickness and performance.

Inform Clinical and Operational Service Leads of clinical caseloads, referrals, waiting lists and other statistics and information as required.

Responsible for staff supervision, including compliance for appraisals and associated personal development plans.

Responsible for the management of HR of delegated staff including sickness reviews, return to work and maternity leaves.

Qualifications

• Profession specific Degree/ Diploma
• Registration with Health and Care Professions Council
• Evidence of management and/or leadership development/ training
• Member of relevant professional body

Experience

• Significant post graduate experience, including experience in a relevant specialist role
• Demonstrate clinical expertise in the management of highly complex patients within clinical area
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team and wider system partners
• Experience of leading service change and quality improvement projects for safe, personal, and effective care
• Experience of undergraduate student and/or support staff supervision
• Clinical supervision, including formal appraisal and objective setting

Knowledge

• Advanced knowledge of a variety of assessment and clinical interventions skills relevant to service area of stroke
• Additional training relevant to clinical area

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The cost for an Enhanced DBS, is £45.90 and for a Basic & Standard, this is £24.90 this cost includes a £4.90 admin fee.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

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The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

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Name Adam Partington Job title Interim Operational Service Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01282 803643 Additional information Please email to arrange an informal visit or discuss further