Occupational Therapy Team Leader

Wirral Council; Wirral; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Local government pension

Life cover

Ill-health protection

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Family-friendly policies

28 days annual leave + BH

Job summary

Wirral Council is recruiting an Occupational Therapist to lead the OT team across Wirral, ensuring high-quality service delivery and adherence to best practice. The role focuses on enabling people to be as independent as possible and safe at home.

As OT Team Leader you will manage specialist OT service areas, collaborate with partners, and drive continuous service improvement. The post offers permanent, full-time work with hybrid working and a 36-hour week.

Qualifications

• You will be a qualified Occupational Therapist registered to practice in the UK.
• Experience leading an OT or allied health team is desirable.
• Strong communication and collaborative working with partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the performance of the OT team ensuring quality assurance.
• Manage provision of specialist OT service areas to enable independence.
• Collaborate with contract, commissioning leads and health partners to drive service improvements.

Job description

• Salary: £48,738 to £51,928 plus benefits
• Location: Wirral, Mallory, 2 Alice Ker Square, Hybrid Working
• Contract: Permanent
• Working Pattern: Flexible Hours/Full Time
• Hours: 36 hours per week.
• Closing Date: 29/11/2026 at 23:59
• Reference: AH&SC/26/348550

Wirral Council is a place where you can genuinely make a difference, guided by strong organisational values that shape everything we do. Our values - ambitious, professional, resident-focused and accountable, act as our organisational DNA, influencing how we work, lead and support one another every day. We take pride in delivering great services, acting with integrity, building positive relationships, and always putting residents first, creating a supportive and inclusive culture where everyone can "be the best we can be". With our beautiful surroundings, ambitious future plans, and a commitment to empowering staff to #BeTheDifference, Wirral Council offers an inspiring environment to grow your career and make a lasting impact.

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an OT Team Leader position at Wirral.

About the Role:

We're looking for an Occupational Therapist with the ability to lead the performance of a team, ensuring quality assurance and best practice around the provision of the OT service. As OT Team Leader, you will be responsible for the management of provisions of a range of specialist OT service areas, enabling people to be as independent as possible and to remain safe in their own home and strive to improve provision to people we serve in Wirral.

About the Candidate:

You will be a strong communicator with the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners, such as contract and commissioning leads and health partners to agree joint strategic development, achieve joint criteria lead outcomes, identify service improvements or service gaps that fall under joint commissioning.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates. For this vacancy, candidates must have an existing right to work in the UK before commencing employment. Skilled Worker visa sponsorship is not available for this post. Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process.

Working at Wirral

You'll also want to know what it's like to work here so, as a start:

Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We've all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We're serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You'll benefit from our track record of developing, growing and investing in our people.

• including staff discounts
• enrolment into the local government pension scheme (an excellent defined benefit scheme)
• immediate life cover
• ill-health protection
• strong flexible working approach
• hybrid working
• family-friendly employment initiatives
• annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.

Each voice is heard, each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.