Occupational Therapy - Team Leader - North Mersey Stroke Service

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Liverpool is looking for an Occupational Therapy Team Leader to oversee the rehabilitation of stroke patients. This role involves leading a team, providing clinical supervision, and working closely with other health professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care. The ideal candidate will have a BSc in Occupational Therapy, relevant registration, and experience in overseeing therapy teams. The position offers an opportunity to influence service development and enhance patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable postgraduate clinical experience in occupational therapy.
• Experience in supervision of staff and students.
• Involvement in clinical audit and teaching of junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and treatment to complex stroke patients.
• Coordinate collaboratively with the health and social care team.
• Supervise and develop junior staff in the occupational therapy team.

Skills

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Good time management

Ability to implement change

Education

BSc or Diploma in Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Job description

Occupational Therapy - Team Leader - North Mersey Stroke Service

The closing date is 04 January 2026.

Secondment opportunity until September 2026. Split post across acute stroke Aintree and ESD/LSRP BGH.

A very rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to work with the North Mersey Stroke Service with the acute stroke team and the Liverpool Stroke recovery partnership/ESD team.

You will provide early intervention assessment, treatment planning and rehabilitation to stroke survivors. Patients on the caseload will require creative thinking, problem solving and provision of equipment/adaptations to support them to remain in their own home, adjust to meeting care needs in the community and avoid hospital re‑admission or 24hr care.

You will be part of a supportive MDT working alongside medics, AC/ANPs, physios, nurses, speech therapists, dietitians, therapy assistants and assistant practitioners with access to stroke consultants when required.

You will lead a team of OTs providing health and wellbeing support, clinical supervision, appraisal, training and service improvement. Any training you require to fulfil this post will be available to you along with regular supervision from a therapy lead.

Please note this advert will close once the cap of 30 applications has been reached.

Main duties of the job

• Expert assessment and rehabilitation of complex stroke patients including neurological assessment and rehabilitation techniques, cognitive assessment and rehab skills, transfer equipment & posture management, splinting, fatigue management, anxiety management and support with returning to drive/work
• Training and support of the Stroke MDT in the management of the complex patient
• Develop and promote the role of the Occupational Therapist within Stroke including service development projects and outcome reporting
• Audit of the service against local and national standards in close partnership with the management team
• Training and support of junior staff members across the stroke pathway
• Senior oversight of a therapy team including performance reporting, sickness management and supervision
• Participation in the Stroke Network
• Participation in national audit and research projects
• Ensure adherence to governance processes including Datix and complaint investigations
• Support staff with health, wellbeing and sickness management

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‑winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single‑site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and Person Specification.

Responsible for provision of specialist assessment and treatment of patients.

To coordinate and work collaboratively with others providing a service which meets the needs of the patients.

Responsible for development and supervision of others.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• BSc or Diploma in OT
• HCPC Registration
• Evidence of CPD

Experience

• Demonstrable postgraduate clinical experience
• Active experience in audit
• Supervision of staff and students
• Teaching of junior staff
• Experience of working with other agencies
• Experience in clinical speciality

Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good time management
• Ability to implement change

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust