NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist Work Well Programme

The closing date is 08 October 2025

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Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire ICB is proud to be one of 15 national WorkWell Vanguard Partnership areas, delivering an innovative pilot programme to support people with health conditions or disabilities to stay in or return to work. WorkWell and Work Health are pioneering initiatives that support individuals with physical or mental health conditions to overcome barriers to employment, advocating for inclusive and healthy work-environments. Working collaboratively with employers, healthcare providers, and community services to promote sustainable work participation and recovery.

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist within the WorkWell Programme to lead integration across health, care and employment support. This role is pivotal in shaping holistic, person-centred employment support that bridges health and work.

You will be a registered Occupational Therapist with:

  • Significant experience in mental health, long-term conditions, or vocational rehabilitation.
  • Proven leadership and service development skills.
  • Strong analytical, planning, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
  • A commitment to inclusive, recovery-focused practice.

Main duties of the job

  • Lead the design and delivery of integrated occupational therapy services within the WorkWell Programme.
  • Provide expert clinical leadership and supervision to multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Collaborate with employment services, health providers, and local authorities to promote inclusive work health approaches.
  • Support strategic planning, service evaluation, and quality improvement.
  • Act as a clinical escalation point for complex health and employment needs.
  • Develop and deliver training for health and employment professionals.

About us

The role will be employed within Coventry and Warwickshire ICB . You will be supported by the Head of Allied Health Professions and Strategic Commissioning Lead for WorkWell.

Details

Date posted

24 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

105-7480784

Job locations

Coventry and Warwickshire

Coventry and Warwickshire

CV1 2NJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Holistic Service design and delivery: Adopting personalised employment support, health and wellbeing services, and employer engagement to promote inclusive hiring practices.

Expert Clinical Leadership: a highly influential occupational therapist, utilising clinical and professional expertise at the interface of health and employment services to promote integrated evidence-based approaches to employment support.

Professional supervision and support: The post holder will use their expert professional clinical skills and extensive knowledge to provide high-quality, regular supervision to teams delivering the WorkWell programme, as well as clear leadership, and opportunities for continued professional development.

Quality enhancement and evaluation: to embed the learning from the project to influence future commissioning intentions and service delivery.

Communication and relationship skills: To develop stakeholder relationships with strategic leads from a range of sectors, including Employment, Health and Local Authorities to ensure they are well sighted and invested in the project, ensuring that the implementation of the Workwell programme aligns with existing governance and partnership arrangements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Holistic Service design and delivery: Adopting personalised employment support, health and wellbeing services, and employer engagement to promote inclusive hiring practices.

Expert Clinical Leadership: a highly influential occupational therapist, utilising clinical and professional expertise at the interface of health and employment services to promote integrated evidence-based approaches to employment support.

Professional supervision and support: The post holder will use their expert professional clinical skills and extensive knowledge to provide high-quality, regular supervision to teams delivering the WorkWell programme, as well as clear leadership, and opportunities for continued professional development.

Quality enhancement and evaluation: to embed the learning from the project to influence future commissioning intentions and service delivery.

Communication and relationship skills: To develop stakeholder relationships with strategic leads from a range of sectors, including Employment, Health and Local Authorities to ensure they are well sighted and invested in the project, ensuring that the implementation of the Workwell programme aligns with existing governance and partnership arrangements.

Person Specification

Knowledge, training, experience

Essential

  • Registration with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist
  • Experience of clinical leadership within a complex rehabilitation
  • Experience of working at a senior level in occupational therapy
  • Expert specialist knowledge and experience of reporting impact of occupational therapy outcomes
  • Proven ability to design, lead and evaluate education and training to improve practice

Management and Planning

Essential

  • Experience of strong partnership and multi-agency working to deliver service change
  • Able to use initiative based on robust professional judgement with the aim of improving outcomes inline with organisation policies.
  • Ability to promote leadership in self and other in complex working environments.
  • Experience of leading service innovation and change processes

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to understand, review, interpret and analyse highly complex fact and situations to support effective decision making
  • Able to make decisions in complex, unpredictable and contentious issues
  • Able to apply strategic decision-making in leading complex situations
  • Able to fully utilise research and evidence to inform successful implementation in system reform

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Essential

  • Demonstrates inclusive leadership in action, promoting equality and diversity in practice
  • Able to communicate sensitively and appropriately within a range of stakeholder recognising importance of inclusive practice
Person Specification

Knowledge, training, experience

Essential

  • Registration with HCPC as an Occupational Therapist
  • Experience of clinical leadership within a complex rehabilitation
  • Experience of working at a senior level in occupational therapy
  • Expert specialist knowledge and experience of reporting impact of occupational therapy outcomes
  • Proven ability to design, lead and evaluate education and training to improve practice

Management and Planning

Essential

  • Experience of strong partnership and multi-agency working to deliver service change
  • Able to use initiative based on robust professional judgement with the aim of improving outcomes inline with organisation policies.
  • Ability to promote leadership in self and other in complex working environments.
  • Experience of leading service innovation and change processes

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to understand, review, interpret and analyse highly complex fact and situations to support effective decision making
  • Able to make decisions in complex, unpredictable and contentious issues
  • Able to apply strategic decision-making in leading complex situations
  • Able to fully utilise research and evidence to inform successful implementation in system reform

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Essential

  • Demonstrates inclusive leadership in action, promoting equality and diversity in practice
  • Able to communicate sensitively and appropriately within a range of stakeholder recognising importance of inclusive practice

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

Address

Coventry and Warwickshire

Coventry and Warwickshire

CV1 2NJ


Employer's website

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Employer details

Employer name

NHS Coventry & Warwickshire Integrated Care Board

Address

Coventry and Warwickshire

Coventry and Warwickshire

CV1 2NJ


Employer's website

https://www.happyhealthylives.uk/integrated-care-board/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Allied Health Professions

Dr Kim Stuart

kim.stuart5@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

24 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

105-7480784

Job locations

Coventry and Warwickshire

Coventry and Warwickshire

CV1 2NJ


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