R1440 Clinical Specialist/Team Lead Occupational Therapist
Job details
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809
Yearly
Job type
Permanent
Location
Newport
Closes on 24 May 2025
Job description
Clinical Lead for Acute Occupational Therapy (Acute & Palliative)
Are you ready to lead, innovate, and make a measurable impact on patient care? This is your opportunity to take on a pivotal leadership role within our Acute Occupational Therapy service – shaping the way we support patients across Acute, A&E, and Ambulatory Care, and ensuring we deliver life-changing outcomes every single day.
As Clinical Lead, you’ll combine your advanced clinical expertise with strategic leadership, managing a highly skilled team while also carrying your own complex caseload. You’ll influence service delivery, lead on innovation and research, and directly contribute to reducing hospital stays, preventing readmissions, and improving patient independence and quality of life.
What we can offer you:
- Professional autonomy & influence – You’ll have the scope to shape policy, lead clinical audits, and embed best practice across the service.
- Specialist, varied caseload – Work at the highest level of your profession, from complex acute interventions to palliative care, in both hospital and community settings.
- Leadership development – Full support to grow your leadership skills, from managing and mentoring junior staff to contributing at strategic and operational levels.
- Innovation & research – Lead projects using a QI approach, that push the boundaries of practice, present findings nationally, and drive service improvement.
- Collaborative environment – Be part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary network that values your expertise and shares your passion for patient-centred care.
- Commitment to your growth – Access to CPD, specialist training, and Trust-wide learning opportunities to keep you at the forefront of your field.
- Transport and travel benefits – Access to salary sacrifice schemes with regards to car leasing, season tickets and cycle to work.
At Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we live by our values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence. This means we listen, we are kind, we treat people as individuals, and we continually improve the care we provide. We will support you to thrive – professionally and personally – in a role where your decisions matter and your leadership is valued.
If you are an experienced Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in shaping exceptional acute care, we want to hear from you.
To apply, please send your CV and personal statement to: iownt.community-ahp-workforce-recruitment@nhs.net for the attention of Stuart Browne, Service Lead for Acute Therapies.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
- A strong commitment to shaping and developing the future of the Acute Therapy Service
- A proven track record of being self-driven, with the ability to both lead and thrive as part of a team
- Sound knowledge of delivering high-quality care underpinned by evidence-based practice
- A dedication to working within the Values and Vision of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- A genuine enthusiasm for living on a beautiful Island, with excellent ferry links to the mainland
Some of the key duties are:
- Managing a highly complex clinical caseload alongside fulfilling managerial responsibilities
- Sharing specialist knowledge to support and enhance the skills and confidence of therapists within the service
- Providing leadership and guidance to junior staff through effective supervision and appraisal
- Offering expertise in manual handling, equipment prescription, positioning, and seating – delivering advice, training, and support to staff, professionals, and service users alike
- Leading clinical audits and contributing to research to drive continual improvement
Qualifications
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registered & Eligible for College of Occupational Therapy membership
- Master’s or equivalent specialist knowledge/application in current best practice in Occupational Therapy including:
- Complex equipment prescription & adaptation
- Risk assessment & stabilisation
- Task analysis