B7 Lead Occupational Therapist - West Surrey

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 08 May 2025

Job summary

Lead Occupational Therapist in Adult Mental Health

Are you ready to lead and inspire?

Join us as aLead Occupational Therapist in Adult Mental Health and take on an exciting role that combines leadership, clinical expertise, and transformative work.

Why This Role?

Leadership & Governance: Provide clinical and leadership oversight and support to our adult communities' occupational therapists.
Clinical Excellence:Retain a clinical role, ensuring hands-on involvement and impact.
Flexible Working:Operate across the Trust, with responsibilities in West Surrey and North East Hants.
Professional Development:Benefit from a robust CPD program and development opportunities.
Innovative Practices:Utilize the Model of Human Occupation for assessments and interventions, offering both individual and group work.

Be Part of a Dynamic Team

Collaborative Environment:Monthly leadership team meetings to drive strategic initiatives.
Supportive Network:Work alongside dedicated professionals committed to mental health transformation.

Make a Difference

If you're passionate about mental health and ready to lead, apply now and be a part of our mission to transform lives.

The position provides leadership across the adult communities and based at Community Mental Health Recovery Services in West Surrey and NE Hants . The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within all the Communities services, as need arises.

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Main duties of the job

1. To provide compassionate and effective leadership to the occupational therapists within the service/locality/sector.

2. To contribute to the overall leadership of the service/locality/sector.

3. To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people with complex needs who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.

4. To communicate effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, directors, associate directors, people who access services, carers/supporter/family members, stakeholders and agencies.

5. To provide supervision and mentoring to occupational therapists within the occupational therapy service.

6. To ensure the delivery occupational therapy student placements.

7. To lead on service development and audits both within individual services and the wider occupational therapy service.

8. To be an active member of the overall occupational therapy leadership team.

9. To actively contribute to the continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within the wider occupational therapy service.

The position provides leadership across the adult communities and based at CMHRS in West Surrey and NE Hants . The postholder will be expected to work flexibly within all the Communities services, as need arises.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Date posted

14 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,270 to £54,931 a year (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

325-7091054-COMM

Job locations

Across West Surrey and NE Hants with travel to Leatherhead

Redwood Centre, Farnham Road Hospital site

Guildford

GU2 7LX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Person Specification

Qualifications skills and Experinence

Essential

oOccupational Therapy professional qualification
oExtensive and relevant post qualification clinical experience with people who have complex needs
oExtensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
oDemonstrates evidence highly effective clinical reasoning skills
oHighly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
oEvidence of an interest and skills in specialist area
oExperience of contributing to service development/project work
oExperience of providing supervision
oExperience of representing occupational therapy within a service and Trust

Desirable

oIn depth knowledge of group therapy and experience of facilitating groups

Qualifications Skills and Experience

Essential

HCPC Registration

Desirable

oClinical supervision training
oFieldwork educators training
oLeadership training
oAdditional academic or clinical qualifications/training relevant to area of work

Person Specification

Qualifications skills and Experinence

Essential

oOccupational Therapy professional qualification
oExtensive and relevant post qualification clinical experience with people who have complex needs
oExtensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
oDemonstrates evidence highly effective clinical reasoning skills
oHighly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
oEvidence of an interest and skills in specialist area
oExperience of contributing to service development/project work
oExperience of providing supervision
oExperience of representing occupational therapy within a service and Trust

Desirable

oIn depth knowledge of group therapy and experience of facilitating groups

Qualifications Skills and Experience

Essential

HCPC Registration

Desirable

oClinical supervision training
oFieldwork educators training
oLeadership training
oAdditional academic or clinical qualifications/training relevant to area of work

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.