Job overview
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
The position provides leadership across the adult communities and based at Community Mental Health Recovery Services in North West Surrey . Based in Unither, Chertsey , the postholder will be expected to work flexibly within all the Communities services with travel to Woking, West Byfleet, Runnymede and Spelthorne as need arises.
If you're passionate about mental health and ready to lead, apply now and be a part of our mission to transform lives!!
Main duties of the job
Job Overview
- 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/supporter/family members, stakeholders and agencies.
- To provide supervision and mentoring to occupational therapists within the occupational therapy service.
- To ensure the delivery 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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This advert is for B7 Lead Occupational Therapist- NW Surrey with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Leatherhead, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Occupational Therapist role. The advertised salary is £51,657 - £58,785 (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Jun 2026.
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