# Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist and Team Lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-occupational-therapist-and-team-lead/dd9753c5-f024-4507-9bb0-ba7678828b69 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-occupational-therapist-and-team-lead/dd9753c5-f024-4507-9bb0-ba7678828b69.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 pa - **Contract type:** 12 months (As part of succession planning, there may be potential for this role to be readvertised as a substantive full time post at the end of this fixed term period.) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T12:01:53.837Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/stanmore/Royal_National_Orthopaedic_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Occupational_Therapist/Occupational_Therapist-v8255659 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8255659?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Occupational Therapist (OT) to join the team at the renowned London Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Centre of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. As Clinical Lead OT, you will provide expert rehabilitation for patients with highly complex Spinal Cord Injuries. You will work within an exemplary team of Therapists and closely with Doctors, Nursing colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding patient care and support the development of the service. This role combines clinical practice with leadership, education, service development, quality improvement and research. You will provide clinical leadership to therapy staff, contribute to workforce development, and drive innovation to improve patient outcomes. You will receive invaluable mentorship by the outgoing post-holder for the duration of the contract. If you are passionate about championing Occupational Therapy in shaping the future of SCI rehabilitation, please apply. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will provide professional and operational leadership to the LSCIC Occupational Therapy team, contribute to multidisciplinary service development, support research and quality improvement activities, and represent LSCIC Occupational Therapy at local, regional and national levels. The post holder will manage the Occupational Therapy service within the London Spinal Cord Injury Centre, ensuring delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based and patient-centred rehabilitation in line with national spinal cord injury standards. The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership and highly specialist occupational therapy intervention for individuals with traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injuries across inpatient, outpatient and community pathways. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities see attached JD and PS . ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Understanding of safeguarding, mental capacity and risk management legislation - Exceptional organisational skills - Achieve service activity and performance targets - Provide positive patient experience and outcome measures to demonstrate same **Desirable** - Knowledge of national spinal cord injury standards and rehabilitation pathways. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy. - Master's degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification. - Leadership or management training. **Desirable** - Clinical Leadership Qualification. - Postgraduate qualification in rehabilitation, neuroscience or leadership. - Practice Educator Qualification. ### Knowledge and Experience **Essential** - Extensive post-registration Occupational Therapy experience. - Significant experience within specialist spinal cord injury - Experience managing highly complex rehabilitation caseloads. - Expert knowledge of disability management, participation and occupational performance. - Knowledge of wheelchair provision, posture and seating management. **Desirable** - Knowledge of national spinal cord injury standards and rehabilitation pathways. - Research or publication experience - Experience within a designated Spinal Cord Injury Centre. ## Documents - [band 8a ot jd (pdf, 305.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10568732) - [band 8a ot ps (pdf, 244.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10568733) - [letter from chief executive (pdf, 1018.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2864) ## 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.