# Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** FIRST Community Service Main House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5pm with some flexibility)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-19T11:30:51.623Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Northfield_Birmingham/Birmingham_Solihull_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Secure_Care_Community/Secure_Care_Community-v8162190
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8162190?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

To uphold a high quality FIRST Occupational Therapy, (OT), clinical service. Oversee the competency of the workforce and service user experience through clinical and case management and monitoring of quality outcomes though audit, data reporting, and quality improvement projects.

### Main duties of the job

The Clinical Specialist will form part of the management team and ensure that the Occupational Therapy clinical service is represented in all aspects of service delivery. The post holder will monitor and manage the interface and in-reach with transition cases and the community clinical service, supporting safe, effective and high-quality pathways of care. They will contribute to quality assurance by reviewing clinical outcomes, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring occupational therapy practice is aligned with professional standards, service specifications and the needs of service users.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Evidence of managing caseloads with people with complex mental health problems in a hospital or community team setting for a substantive period of time
- Experience of using audit to measure service outcomes
- Evidence of managing staff clinically and or managerially

**Desirable**

- Evidence of using clinical process and standards to inform clinical practices

### Personal qualities

**Essential**

- Emotional resilience and highly effective communication style. Good problem solver
- Work within a team and deliver on organisational / team objectives
- Willingness and ability to travel between sites within the Trust, region wide across the West Midlands and potentially nationwide, as required.
- Commitment to working within a multicultural framework and the client group for which this post provides a service to

**Desirable**

- Good attendance record

### Training and qualification

**Essential**

- Diploma, BSC(Hons), or MSc In Occupational Therapy
- Evidence of post graduate training in leadership

**Desirable**

- Evidence of post graduate training in a relevant clinical field
- Evidence of co-production in service delivery and or evaluation

## Documents

- [applicant guide (pdf, 313.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1260)
- [job description (pdf, 240.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463156)
- [equality statement (pdf, 572.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2416)
- [person specification (pdf, 240.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10463157)
- [everyday behaviours guide (pdf, 159.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2415)
- [information for applicants (pdf, 431.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1709)

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