Clinical Specialist OT Critical Care

Job overview

We are offering an opportunity for a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist in Critical Care surgery and respiratory pathways to join our progressive, at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. This pivotal role spans the patient journey from initial admission in ICU through to safe transfer of care into the community. You will play a vital part in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care, ensuring continuity and excellence throughout recovery from surgery or acute respiratory illness.

As a senior clinician, you will lead on specialist assessments, treatments, and pathway planning. Your responsibilities will include supporting the coordination of patient flow from ICU to wards and follow-up clinics, supporting liaison between teams, and embedding best practice across surgical and respiratory pathways. Leadership and development of others is central to this role: you will supervise, educate, and appraise Occupational Therapists across Bands 7–4, as well as students, fostering professional growth and a culture of excellence.

We are seeking an individual with advanced clinical expertise to combined with strong leadership qualities, innovative thinking, and a passion for collaborative, patient-centred care. You will join a forward-thinking team with an excellent track record in care delivery, actively involved in NWL Cardiac, ICU, and Major Trauma Networks, as well as pan-London therapy networks.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Practice

• Demonstrate advanced professional skills and service standards; act as a source of expertise for the MDT and provide highly specialist second opinions.

• Provide clinical leadership in partnership with patients, families, and MDT colleagues; influence planning and service delivery within critical care, surgery and respiratory.

• Lead development and Support of clinical guidelines, SOPs, and therapy service policies; review skill mix and resource use for acute neurosciences.

Education

• Develop and implement training strategies with team leads and clinical academics; deliver education in stroke and neurological care locally and regionally.
• Act as role model, educator, supervisor, coach, and mentor; build staff confidence and competence in managing neurological illness or injury.

Leadership & Management

• Inspire and motivate others to deliver best practice and improve standards in line with evidence and national guidelines.
• Provide clinical supervision,  support appraisal, and professional development for Occupational therapy staff across Bands 7–4 and students.

Professional Development

• Promote evidence-based practice; support research, service improvement, evaluation, and audit in collaboration with clinical academics.
• Support therapy research strategy; network with clinical leads to share and enhance expertise.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.