Head of Therapies/Lead Occupational Therapist

Come and join the one of UK's largest providers of complex care. Are you an experienced and dynamic healthcare professional looking to take the next step in your leadership career? We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Therapies / Lead Occupational Therapist (Band 8c equivalent) at Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping, leading, and delivering high-quality therapy services for individuals with complex neurological conditions.

We specialise in patient-centred rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury and complex neurological conditions, and we’re seeking an ambitious, motivated professional to lead our therapy services with passion and purpose.

Our standard working hours are 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to better suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

As our Head of Therapies / Lead Occupational Therapist, you will:

Lead with purpose
Provide strategic and professional leadership for all Therapy Services, reporting directly to the Hospital Director.
Be accountable for all Allied Health Professional therapists and Therapy Support Staff.
Directly manage the Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Speech & Language Therapy teams.
Deputise for the Hospital Director when required.
Lead therapy delivery across our highly complex neurorehabilitation environment, including our Level 1C neurobehavioural unit and Level 2a complex disability management unit.

Champion evidence-based practice, clinical governance, audit, and risk management.
Ensure therapy services consistently meet agreed standards of safety, quality, activity, and efficiency.
Ensure proficient use of UKROC-related outcome measures to inform reporting, planning, and service development.
Work in line with BSPRM (British Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine) guidelines for complex neurodisability management.

Lead on service development, innovation, and new ways of working to maximise clinical and cost-effective outcomes.
Develop and implement therapy standards that support professional competence, capacity, and conduct.
Take a proactive role in audit, research, policy development, and continuous service improvement initiatives.

Provide strong leadership within the multidisciplinary team, representing therapy services at senior management level.
Support supervision, training, and development for therapists, assistants, and students.
We’re looking for more than just a skilled therapist—we’re looking for an inspirational leader ready to shape the future of our therapy services and make a lasting impact on patient care.
Significant clinical experience in neurological rehabilitation, including complex neurobehavioural and neurodisability caseloads
Proven leadership, management, or service-development experience
Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

Free Lunch on Duty
~ Birthday off
~25 days plus bank holidays
~ Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
~ Benefits Hub giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
~ Free 24-hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
~ A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
~ Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
~ Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
~ Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
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