Lead Occupational Therapist

Pharmacyupdate; Middleton St George; Remote; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Contributory pension scheme

Birthday Holiday – extra day

Job summary

Priory Hospital Middleton St George, Darlington, is seeking a HCPC registered Lead Occupational Therapist to provide professional, clinical and operational leadership to the Occupational Therapy service.

You will work with multi-disciplinary colleagues to deliver advanced OT assessments and tailored treatment plans, ensure governance and quality standards, supervise students and staff, participate in budget management, and support patient recovery with dignity and high standards of care.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and postgraduate qualification in OT.
• Experience leading OT teams and supervising staff.
• Knowledge of MoHO, VdTMoCA and Sensory Integration.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical, professional and operational leadership to the OT service.
• Collaborate with Therapy Services Manager to ensure OT services support Priory objectives.
• Lead advanced OT assessment, treatment and management for patients.
• Ensure practice meets local and national standards and governance requirements (COT standards, Code of Ethics).
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, investigations, audits, and supervise students/placements.
• Attend site governance, patient safety meetings and represent the OT department; engage with regional OT meetings.
• Take responsibility for budget aspects related to the OT role, e.g., therapy activity budget.

Skills

Team leadership

Change management

Supervision of OT staff

MoHO

VdTMoCA

Sensory Integration

Education

HCPC registered

Postgraduate qualification in OT (PGCert/PGDip/Master’s)

Job description

Priory Hospital Middleton St George
Up to £48,118 depending on experience
Full Time - 37.5 Hours

Priory Hospital Middleton St George has an opportunity for a HCPC registered Lead Occupational Therapist to join our team.

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

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

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.

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.