Lead Occupational Therapist

Priory; Low Dinsdale; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Enhanced maternity pay

Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits including gym access

Access to IPD and development

Leadership & management development

Long service award

Refer a friend bonuses

Job summary

Priory Hospital Middleton St George in Darlington, County Durham, seeks a Lead Occupational Therapist to provide clinical, professional and operational leadership for the OT service. You will work with the Therapy Services Manager to ensure high standards of care and patient recovery.

The role requires HCPC registration and a postgraduate qualification, plus experience leading teams and supervising OT staff and students, with knowledge of MoHO, VdTMoCA and Sensory Integration.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered and hold postgraduate certificate, diploma, or Master’s degree or equivalent.
• Experience in team leadership and driving change, supervising Occupational Therapists or OT Assistants and students.
• Working knowledge of MoHO, VdTMoCA, and Sensory Integration.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical, professional and operational leadership to the OT service.
• Collaborate with Therapy Services Manager and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Deliver highly specialised OT assessment, treatment and management for patients.
• Ensure practice meets local/national standards and governance, including COT standards and ethics.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives, clinical audits, and supervise student placements.
• Attend site meetings and represent the OT department; manage budget responsibilities where applicable.

Skills

Team leadership

Change management

Supervising OT/OTAs

MoHO knowledge

VdTMoCA knowledge

Sensory Integration

Education

HCPC registration

Postgraduate qualification (certificate/diploma/masters)

Job description

Priory Hospital Middleton St George

Up to £48,118 depending on experience

Full Time - 37.5 Hours

Priory Hospital Middleton St George, Darlington, County Durham is a specialist inpatient service for adults with mental health issues, complex needs and behaviours that challenge. It is accessible by public transport, with a local train station approximately 5 miles away and local bus services to Darlington.

What you'll be doing

• As the Lead Occupational Therapist, you will provide clinical, professional and operational leadership to the Occupational Therapy (OT) service, working in collaboration with Therapy Services Manager to ensure OT services are proactive and supportive of Priory objectives. In this role, you will play a key part in patient recovery, supporting the assessment and delivery of tailored treatment plans while ensuring dignity, respect, and high standards of care.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues across the hospital site to support integration around patient care.
• To deliver a highly specialised and advanced standard of OT assessment, treatment and management for patients.
• Ensure that own practice and service meets agreed local and national standards and clinical governance requirements, including COT Standards for Practice, Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
• Participate in site service quality improvement initiatives including conducting investigations and Quality monitoring assurance objectives and clinical audit Oversee student placements within the OT team.
• Attend all site required meetings including Clinical Governance and Patient Safety and represent the OT department.
• Attend Regional OT meetings and feedback to site Take responsibility for identified budget responsibilities related to role for example; the therapy activity budget.

You can find additional information in the attached job description.

What you'll bring to the role

Essential for the role – Lead Occupational Therapist

Candidates must be HCPC registered and hold a postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma, or Master’s degree, or have completed formal postgraduate study (award or non-award bearing).

They must have experience in team leadership and driving change, experience supervising Occupational Therapists or Occupational Therapy Assistants and students, a working knowledge of current national and local healthcare issues, and training in relevant models of practice such as MoHO, VdTMoCA, and Sensory Integration.

What we will give you in return

We want you to succeed at Priory and thrive in your role. You will be well supported with regular career conversations. We also offer full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions to help you shape your career with us.

Healthcare benefits

• Free on-site parking
• Enhanced maternity pay
• Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
• Access to development opportunities
• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
• Leadership & management development
• Long service award
• Refer a friend bonuses

Shortlisting may begin upon receipt of applications, and the Recruiting Manager may close the vacancy early if enough suitable candidates are identified.

About Priory

Priory is the UK’s leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care. With 12,000 colleagues and a network of 270 services, we support over 24,000 people each year to live their lives as fully and independently as possible. We treat more than 70 conditions - including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and children's mental health - and provide residential and supported living care for autistic adults, people with a learning disability, Prader-Willi Syndrome, brain injuries and older people.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process. Learn more about the accessibility support we offer here.

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All roles are subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.