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Acute Occupational Therapy Lead and Therapy Manager

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Location
Salary
£59,490 - £66,239 per annum Incl. HCAS (Outer)
Profession
Manager and corporate
Grade
Band 8
Deadline
09 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
25 Jun 2025

Job overview

Main duties of the job

To provide a high quality and responsive patient focused service to the patients of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust resulting in good evidenced based outcomes.

The acute therapy service achieves this through providing assessment, diagnosis and effective treatment and management of patients accessing Occupational Therapy services in Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital and enabling access to community and other services for patients with Physiotherapy requirements.

To reduce length of stay, reduce duplication, increase response rates and single assessment processes across the patient pathway

To be the Professional Lead for acute Occupational Therapy

To operationally lead and develop Acute Occupational Therapy services on the acute sites for both adults and paediatrics.

Acute Therapy services comprise the following teams:

  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Dietetics
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • Admin Team

The post holder is will have primary operational responsibility for Occupational Therapy. However it is expected that the post holder will work closely with the other Acute Therapy Managers and professional leads to provide cross cover for each other as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.