Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare foundation in Preston is seeking an Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead to join their children's therapy service. This role requires an experienced occupational therapist passionate about delivering effective services to children with long-term neurological conditions. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and contribute to service development. Benefits include professional support, flexible working options, and opportunities for continued professional development in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Benefits

Professional supervision

Flexible working options

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Professional Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy.
• Evidence of recent and relevant postgraduate experience in a specialist field.
• Extensive knowledge of therapy techniques related to children.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and support occupational therapy for children with complex needs.
• Contribute to pathway development and training for staff.
• Engage in professional supervision and in-service training.

Skills

Assessment tools

Therapy techniques

Child development understanding

Education

Professional Degree in Occupational Therapy

Current Professional Registration with HCPC

Evidence of continued professional development

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead

The closing date is 18 December 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced occupational therapist to join our children's therapy service in the Central & West Locality at LSCFT.

We are specifically looking for an individual with passion and drive to deliver an effective service to children and young people with long term neurological and genetic conditions, with a particular interest in promoting occupational engagement for this client group and utilising compensatory/adaptive approaches.

We are investing in developing the clinical care pathway for this client group to ensure it achieves the best clinical outcomes for the population of children and young people in need of guidance, support and therapeutic intervention.

We are looking for suitably trained and motivated therapist who can deliver on the pathway and contribute to its ongoing development. We are keen to invest in development at all levels of service provision including: self‑management/universal support; targeted advice and strategies; specialist assessment, advice and therapeutic intervention; and highly specialist assessment and support.

You will join our team of highly experienced and skilled therapists to offer a service, based in our Greater Preston team, working closely with Chorley South Ribble and West Lancashire teams. The clinical offer will be delivered by a combination of Telepractice and face to face appointments.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an individual who is keen to invest in their own development and in return we will support you through professional and clinical supervision, shadowing and co‑working opportunities, in‑service training, professional forums, trust wide AHP research group, and funding opportunities for relevant external training courses.

You will have experience in a range of assessment tools (both standardised and non‑standardised) and treatment approaches. You will have a good understanding of child development and the challenges faced by this client group. You will support pathway development and support competency development for occupational therapists, support staff and students.

We would welcome motivated applicants with direct experience of working with paediatrics or with clearly demonstrable transferable skills.

Contracted Hours: We would welcome applications from candidates who would like us to consider flexible or part time working. Due to the busy nature of this team and the role, it is likely that we would need a minimum of 30 hours. We would encourage you to contact Louise Tillett, Team Coordinator before applying, to discuss this further.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under‑represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask. We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services. LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi‑time.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
• Current Professional Registration with HCPC
• Evidence of continued professional development

Knowledge

• Detailed understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
• Extensive knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
• Extensive knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes and their applications for children with diverse needs/ related to client group

Experience

• Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
• Multi‑disciplinary/multi‑agency collaborative working
• Extensive experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community settings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust