Trust Wide Professional Lead Of Occupational Therapy
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
A fantastic opportunity has arisen in a professional senior leadership role. We are looking for an outstanding, passionate and innovative Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy. This role ensures that the occupational therapists across the organisation have the leadership, clinical and governance structures in place so they are able to practice in a safe, effective and efficient way, delivering high quality services across Communities, Hospitals and Specialist Services, Learning Disability, and Children and Young Peoples Services. Main duties of the job
This role would suit someone who: has a passion for ensuring the delivery of high quality occupational therapy services and who enjoys managing and supporting people to achieve their potential. is committed to improving services and maintaining staff well-being. can think strategically and deliver services in line with the national and local agenda. is able to oversee transformation work and deliver on complex service development/projects. is able to take a collective leadership approach, engaging key stakeholders and ensuring that people who use services and their carers/family are at the heart of everything that we do. About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire. We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers. Candidates who are shortlisted will be invited to attend a virtual assessment centre day on 30 or 31 January which will inform who will be invited to interview - interviews will be held w/c 10 January 2025. Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received. We look forward to receiving your application! Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a highly experienced and competent occupational therapist and will be expected to: Be accountable for the delivery of a high quality, safe and efficient occupational therapy service across the divisions. Provide compassionate and collective leadership to the occupational therapy service, across all the divisions in the Trust. Ensure that the occupational therapy assessment, formulations and interventions are evidence based, outcome measured and evaluated. Provide highly developed specialist professional advice, guidance and consultation for people who have complex occupational needs. Ensure that there are clear occupational therapy pathways for each division within the organisation. Share best practice and embed learning into service delivery. Ensure that the necessary systems, protocols and policies for the delivery of a safe and supportive service are in place. Lead and inspire staff to provide a pro-active and responsive high-quality service. Lead on complex audits of occupational therapy interventions to improve practice and service delivery. Keep up to date with and contribute to the latest research and practice developments relevant to occupational therapy. Understand and interpret the national picture in relation to health and social care policies and agendas. Champion and lead on transformation work, service development and clinical initiatives related to this role. Maintain an effective and supportive supervision structure for all occupational therapy staff. Provide professional supervision to the lead and highly specialist occupational therapists across the organisation. Provide professional advice and guidance regarding performance management issues of occupational therapists. Lead on the recruitment of the lead and highly specialist occupational therapists across the divisions. Monitor spend within the occupational therapy workforce. Identify clinical and workforce risks within the occupational therapy service. Identify the continuing professional development needs of the occupational therapy service. Understand the health, well-being, equality and diversity needs of the workforce. Chair the Lead Occupational Therapy meeting. Develop strong connections and work alongside the Associate Director for Therapies in each division. Contribute to the wider vision for the AHP workforce. Enhance the national profile of the SABP occupational therapy service. Represent the occupational therapy service at both Trust-wide and national meetings. Contribute to service redesigns and Trust bids for new services. Ensure the availability of high quality student practice placements. Promote the profession to the next generation through ensuring that occupational therapy is represented at careers fairs. Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
BSc (Hons) degree in occupational therapy or equivalent. Leadership training. Clinical supervision training. Extensive post-qualification experience of working as an occupational therapist. Demonstrates a highly developed specialist and advanced knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice. Extensive experience of supervising staff and addressing performance management issues. Previous clinical/professional leadership experience. Experience of leading service transformation and service development. Experience of delivering highly specialist evidence-based interventions. Experience of delivering a range of CPD opportunities. Experience of cross divisional working. Experience of partnership working across organisations. Experience and ability to work autonomously and flexibly across multiple sites. Car driver and access to a car for work. Previous experience of implementing national strategies at a local level. Previous experience of representing occupational therapy at a national level. Additional
Experience of audits and research to improve 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. Address
Trust Headquarters: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Professional Lead for Allied Health Professionals £64,337 to £74,415 a year including fringe HCAS pro rata Contract
Permanent Working pattern
Part-time Reference number
325-6833308-CORP Job locations
Trust Headquarters: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
A fantastic opportunity has arisen in a professional senior leadership role. We are looking for an outstanding, passionate and innovative Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy. This role ensures that the occupational therapists across the organisation have the leadership, clinical and governance structures in place so they are able to practice in a safe, effective and efficient way, delivering high quality services across Communities, Hospitals and Specialist Services, Learning Disability, and Children and Young Peoples Services. Main duties of the job
This role would suit someone who: has a passion for ensuring the delivery of high quality occupational therapy services and who enjoys managing and supporting people to achieve their potential. is committed to improving services and maintaining staff well-being. can think strategically and deliver services in line with the national and local agenda. is able to oversee transformation work and deliver on complex service development/projects. is able to take a collective leadership approach, engaging key stakeholders and ensuring that people who use services and their carers/family are at the heart of everything that we do. About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire. We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers. Candidates who are shortlisted will be invited to attend a virtual assessment centre day on 30 or 31 January which will inform who will be invited to interview - interviews will be held w/c 10 January 2025. Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received. We look forward to receiving your application! Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a highly experienced and competent occupational therapist and will be expected to: Be accountable for the delivery of a high quality, safe and efficient occupational therapy service across the divisions. Provide compassionate and collective leadership to the occupational therapy service, across all the divisions in the Trust. Ensure that the occupational therapy assessment, formulations and interventions are evidence based, outcome measured and evaluated. Provide highly developed specialist professional advice, guidance and consultation for people who have complex occupational needs. Ensure that there are clear occupational therapy pathways for each division within the organisation. Share best practice and embed learning into service delivery. Ensure that the necessary systems, protocols and policies for the delivery of a safe and supportive service are in place. Lead and inspire staff to provide a pro-active and responsive high-quality service. Lead on complex audits of occupational therapy interventions to improve practice and service delivery. Keep up to date with and contribute to the latest research and practice developments relevant to occupational therapy. Understand and interpret the national picture in relation to health and social care policies and agendas. Champion and lead on transformation work, service development and clinical initiatives related to this role. Maintain an effective and supportive supervision structure for all occupational therapy staff. Provide professional supervision to the lead and highly specialist occupational therapists across the organisation. Provide professional advice and guidance regarding performance management issues of occupational therapists. Lead on the recruitment of the lead and highly specialist occupational therapists across the divisions. Monitor spend within the occupational therapy workforce. Identify clinical and workforce risks within the occupational therapy service. Identify the continuing professional development needs of the occupational therapy service. Understand the health, well-being, equality and diversity needs of the workforce. Chair the Lead Occupational Therapy meeting. Develop strong connections and work alongside the Associate Director for Therapies in each division. Contribute to the wider vision for the AHP workforce. Enhance the national profile of the SABP occupational therapy service. Represent the occupational therapy service at both Trust-wide and national meetings. Contribute to service redesigns and Trust bids for new services. Ensure the availability of high quality student practice placements. Promote the profession to the next generation through ensuring that occupational therapy is represented at careers fairs. Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
BSc (Hons) degree in occupational therapy or equivalent. Leadership training. Clinical supervision training. Extensive post-qualification experience of working as an occupational therapist. Demonstrates a highly developed specialist and advanced knowledge of occupational therapy models of practice. Extensive experience of supervising staff and addressing performance management issues. Previous clinical/professional leadership experience. Experience of leading service transformation and service development. Experience of delivering highly specialist evidence-based interventions. Experience of delivering a range of CPD opportunities. Experience of cross divisional working. Experience of partnership working across organisations. Experience and ability to work autonomously and flexibly across multiple sites. Car driver and access to a car for work. Previous experience of implementing national strategies at a local level. Previous experience of representing occupational therapy at a national level. Additional
Experience of audits and research to improve 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. Address
Trust Headquarters: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Professional Lead for Allied Health Professionals £64,337 to £74,415 a year including fringe HCAS pro rata Contract
Permanent Working pattern
Part-time Reference number
325-6833308-CORP Job locations
Trust Headquarters: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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