# B7 Lead Occupational Therapist- NW Surrey > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/b7-lead-occupational-therapist-nw-surrey/4be51eb0-9731-4fa7-ab48-3e90f201d713 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/b7-lead-occupational-therapist-nw-surrey/4be51eb0-9731-4fa7-ab48-3e90f201d713.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Leatherhead - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £51,657 - £58,785 (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-09T09:51:21.686Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Surrey/Leatherhead_Surrey/Surrey_Borders_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v7751061 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7751061?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sabp.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job. ## Job Details 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!! ## Job Description 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. ## Responsibilities Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job. ## Person Specification ### Qulaifications Skills and Experience **Essential** - HCPC registration **Desirable** - - Clinical supervision training - - Fieldwork educators training - - Leadership training - - Additional academic or clinical qualifications/training relevant to area of practice ### Qualifications, skills and experinence **Essential** - - 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 - - Highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models - - Experience of contributing to service development/project work - - Experience of providing supervision - - Experience of supporting students on placement - - Experience of representing occupational therapy within a service and Trust - - Demonstrates evidence highly effective clinical reasoning skills **Desirable** - - In depth knowledge of group therapy and experience of facilitating groups ## Documents - [vacancy links (pdf, 344.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2727) - [carers information (pdf, 604.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2716) - [job description - ot lead (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10015397) - [sabp competency profile map (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2714) - [mindful employer information (pdf, 195.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2715) - [benefits of nhs pension scheme (pdf, 264.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2717) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.