B7 Lead Occupational Therapist

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Job Summary
Lead Occupational Therapist in Adult Mental Health

Are you ready to lead and inspire?
Join us as a Lead 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 is 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.

Main Duties of the Job

• To provide compassionate and effective leadership to the occupational therapists within the service/locality/sector.
• To contribute to the overall leadership of the service/locality/sector.
• 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.
• To communicate effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, directors, associate directors, people who access services, carers/supporters/family members, stakeholders, and agencies.
• To provide supervision and mentoring to occupational therapists within the occupational therapy service.
• To ensure the delivery of occupational therapy student placements.
• To lead on service development and audits both within individual services and the wider occupational therapy service.
• To be an active member of the overall occupational therapy leadership team.
• To actively contribute to the continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within the wider occupational therapy service.

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 trusts 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

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Occupational Therapy professional qualification
• Extensive and relevant post qualification clinical experience with people who have complex needs
• Extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
• Demonstrates evidence of highly effective clinical reasoning skills
• Highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
• Evidence of an interest and skills in specialist area
• Experience of contributing to service development/project work
• Experience of providing supervision
• Experience of representing occupational therapy within a service and Trust

Desirable

• In-depth knowledge of group therapy and experience of facilitating groups

HCPC Registration

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.

Employer details
Employer name: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Across West Surrey and NE Hants with travel to Leatherhead
Redwood Centre, Farnham Road Hospital site
Guildford
GU2 7LX

Employer's website: https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us