Lead Occupational Therapist Permanent

JustOT; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fantastic salary & Benefits

Make a Real Difference

Support available

Job summary

JustOT is seeking a Lead Occupational Therapist in Sheffield to provide clinical and operational leadership within the OT team. The role oversees service management and development, audits, and policy contribution to ensure high standards of care for neurological and complex trauma rehabilitation.

The post requires HCPC registration, a Masters-level education, and at least 5 years in specialist rehabilitation.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered and educated to Masters level or equivalent
• Postgraduate training in neurological rehabilitation or related field
• Minimum 5 years of specialist rehabilitation experience after life-changing injuries

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to the Occupational Therapy team
• Oversee service management and direction of the OT service
• Lead on service development, audits and research reviews
• Participate in meetings, lead clinical audits, contribute to policy
• Identify clinical priorities at operational and strategic levels
• Review equipment needs and emerging technologies in UK/intl
• Collaborate with IDT to improve outcomes
• Support pre-admission assessments and student placements
• Conduct assessments and write high-standard reports

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team leadership

Audits & research

Strategic planning

Education

Masters degree

HCPC registration

Postgraduate training in neurological rehab

Job description

J800010580

Lead Occupational Therapist Permanent

Salary: £51,000 - £58,200 Depending on Experience

Location: Sheffield South Yorkshire

Hours: Full time 30 37.5 hours per week

Client group: Rehabilitation

No Sponsorship

Our client is looking for a Lead Occupational Therapist in Shefield. Our Clients mission is to enable individuals to reach their fullest potential following catastrophic injury or illness, through expert, compassionate, and cutting-edge rehabilitation. They deliver bespoke, evidence-based therapies, led by an exceptional interdisciplinary team, to achieve the highest standards of recovery and life quality.

As a Lead Occupational therapist, you play a key role in enabling clients to regain independence, confidence and quality of life. The role supports the Head of Therapy (HOT) in providing leadership support to the Therapy team. The post holder will also be responsible for supporting the HOT in the service development, auditing, and reporting systems.

Job Role:

• Provide clinical and operational leadership to the Occupational Therapy team.
• Oversee the service management and the direction of the Occupational therapy service.
• Lead on service development and evaluation including audits and research review.
• Participate in meetings, lead clinical audits, and contribute to policy development and clinical practice.
• Identify clinical priorities at both operational and strategic level, ensuring the highest standards of clinical and professional practice.
• To review equipment needs within occupational therapy service, ensuring a good awareness of new products, and emerging technologies in the UK and internationally.
• Work collaboratively with the IDT to enhance service delivery and client outcomes.
• Provide clinical leadership, support, and guidance to other staff team members
• To support the pre-admission assessment team as required
• To support the student placement programme within the Therapy department and facilitate the learning for both internal staff and visiting students
• To undertake initial assessments, reviews, and evaluation of occupational therapy strategies for residential clients from admission to discharge. To focus the team on creating goal attainment action plans for each client in order to supportmaximisation of individual capacity/capabilities
• To be able to utilise highly developed therapeutic handling skills to support rehabilitation of a variety of neurological/complex trauma rehabilitation clients
• To be able to write and check comprehensive reports, to a high standard, appropriate to be shared with a variety of external bodies including medicolegal professionals.
• To involve clients and carers/family in the development and delivery of goals within the rehabilitation plan

Requirements:

• Registered with HCPC
• Educated to Masters degree level, or offering the equivalent specialist knowledge / expertise acquired through training and experience over an extended period of time
• Relevant postgraduate training in neurological rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, complex disability management, assistive technology or equivalent specialist area
• Training qualification / demonstrable experience in developing and delivering training programmes
• A minimum of 5 years Specialist Rehabilitation experience working with people following life changing injuries including at least one of the following areas:
• Traumatic brain injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Complex neurological conditions
• Major trauma
• Amputation and limb loss

Benefits:

• Fantastic salary & Benefits £51,000 - £58,200 Depending on Experience
• Make a Real Difference Help someone achieve their goals and live more independently.
• Support available