Inpatient AHP/Occupational Therapy Team Lead Wolverhampton Penn

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Wolverhampton seeks an Occupational Therapy Team Lead to oversee adult inpatient therapy services. Responsibilities include clinical leadership, delivering assessments, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Successful candidates will have strong communication skills and experience in mental health. This role offers professional development opportunities and the chance to work in a supportive environment focused on high-quality therapeutic services.

Benefits

Regular clinical supervision

Ongoing CPD opportunities

Professional development support

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering Occupational Therapy services.
• Ability to work across the Black Country.
• Understanding of mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to the AHP therapy team.
• Contribute to the operational and professional leadership of AHP colleagues.
• Deliver complex occupational therapy assessments.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team working

Time management

Risk management

Education

National Care Certificate qualification

Job description

Working alongside Allied Health Professional staff you will contribute to the delivery and management of Adult Inpatient Therapy services. This will include ensuring the delivery of Occupational Therapy and AHP assessments, individualised treatment programmes and group work in our inpatient settings in line with the Model of Human Occupation and Recovery Model. Sitting within the Adult urgent care inpatient AHP team, you will be a highly valued member of the multi-disciplinary team and actively involved in MDT decision making processes., The post holder will provide clinical leadership and operational management to the AHP Therapy team within Wolverhampton adult inpatient localities with the ability and enthusiasm to work across the Black Country. These teams are based within Penn Hospital, and Heath Lane MacArthur unit. There has been a substantial investment in inpatient AHP services as the trust is committed to providing a high-quality therapeutic service. Successful applicants will have excellent communication and team working skills; have a good awareness of risk and managing risk; have excellent time management and professional conduct. This role will facilitate your professional development and equip you with range of leadership skills. You will be supported by regular clinical and management supervision, ongoing CPD opportunities and encouraged to contribute to the development of the wider adult mental health allied health professional services., This post offers you an opportunity to extend your knowledge, skills and development within this rewarding leadership role at a time of transformation of inpatient mental health services. As an Occupational Therapy Team Lead - Band 7 you will contribute to the operational and professional leadership of AHP colleagues, including, support workers, Physiotherapist and Speech and Language therapists within inpatient adult mental health services across Sandwell inpatient. The post holder will be a key member of the Mental Health Services Clinical and Management Team and will contribute to the overall management of those services. As an Occupational Therapy Team lead you will be responsible to the Service Manager and AHP Lead for Adult Mental Health, having designated responsibility for professional leadership and co-ordination of the AHP team as well as delivering complex occupational therapy assessments and interventions to Adults within inpatient services.

Key Dates and Salary

• Please note that Internal at Risk Employees will be given preference for this position.
• We reserve the right to bring the closing date forward for this vacancy at any time should we receive an overwhelming response of applications.
• The salary range quoted is as per NHS Agenda for Change pay structures where applicable. This is based on the number of years' working directly within the NHS at the advertised pay band. Experience gained with other NHS Trusts will apply, but candidates without prior experience working directly for the NHS would normally be appointed at the lowest point unless they can demonstrate the equivalent experience and then be eligible for incremental increases in future years. Medical and Very Senior Manager roles are exempt from agenda for change and subject to alternative remuneration structures.

About Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country. Across the Black Country we provide: Adult and older adult mental health services, Specialist learning disability services, Mental health services for children and young people, Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley. The Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving. We currently employ over 4,000 people and are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. We are a non-smoking organisation committed to equal opportunities, flexible working, anti-racism, disability inclusion and LGBTQ+ equality. We welcome and encourage applications from people who belong to a minority or marginalised community, including Black and Asian, disabled (including hidden disabilities such as neurodiversity, mental health, etc), and lesbian, gay, bi, trans or queer.

Qualifications and EEO

• Successful applicants for clinical posts up to and including Band 4 are expected to hold the national Care Certificate qualification and will be supported to attain this once in post.
• Applicants will be required to submit a Standard Enhanced DBS check.
• Due to the nature of the work some posts may be subject to a Standard Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, through the Disclosure and Barring Service as stipulated under part V of the Police Act 1997. Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working with us; this will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances of your offences.
• Disabled applicants have the option of requesting that their application is considered under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme (GIS). Please indicate your intention to apply under the GIS in the relevant section of your application. Regardless of whether you participate in the scheme or have shared a disability, you will be provided the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments to the interview process at each stage of the recruitment process.

If you do not hear from the Recruitment team within the advertised closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful at the shortlisting stage. Please ensure that you check your emails on a regular basis for any recruitment updates regarding this vacancy. If you are not successful at the shortlisting stage and would like feedback, please contact the Recruitment Team directly for feedback.