Lead Occupational Therapist

NHS Jobs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free lunch when on duty

Training opportunities via Active Lear

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Holiday entitlement 25 days

Staff discount hub

Job summary

Active Care Group in London is seeking an experienced Lead Occupational Therapist to lead and mentor our OT team, delivering high-quality care across complex cases.

You will manage a small caseload, drive service development, supervise staff and students, and collaborate with families and the wider team to ensure holistic rehabilitation while upholding governance, safety and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead with impact: Manage, mentor, and inspire our Occupational Therapy team, ensuring high-quality care delivery.
• Clinical leadership: Hold a small caseload with a focus on complex needs, guiding your team through best practice approaches.
• Shape the service: Drive service development, contribute to strategy, and champion continuous improvement.
• Support others: Provide supervision, teaching, and professional development to staff and students.
• Collaborate across disciplines: Work closely with patients, families, carers, and the wider team to deliver truly holistic rehabilitation alongside taking on key worker responsibility.
• Quality and safety: Lead on clinical governance, audit, and risk management to keep standards high and people safe.

Job description

The role:

Our standard working hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to better suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

Key responsibilities:

As our Lead OT, you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead with impact: Manage, mentor, and inspire our Occupational Therapy team, ensuring high-quality care delivery.
• Clinical leadership: Hold a small caseload with a focus on complex needs, guiding your team through best practice approaches.
• Shape the service: Drive service development, contribute to strategy, and champion continuous improvement.
• Support others: Provide supervision, teaching, and professional development to staff and students.
• Collaborate across disciplines: Work closely with patients, families, carers, and the wider team to deliver truly holistic rehabilitation alongside taking on key worker responsibility.
• Quality and safety: Lead on clinical governance, audit, and risk management to keep standards high and people safe.

Our Benefits:

• Free lunch when on duty 25 days plus bank holidays
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Benefits Hub giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A salary sacrifice
• Aegon 5% matched pension
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

£44,684 to £52,990 (plus cost of living pay rise)