Inpatient Rehab Occupational Therapy Lead

Job summary

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist ready for a leadership role?

We're seeking a motivated OT Team Lead to join our inpatient rehabilitation service. This key role focuses on delivering high-quality, personalised rehabilitation and supporting patients to achieve their goals and return home safely.

You'll provide clinical and operational leadership to the OT team, fostering a supportive environment and working closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated, goal-focused care. You'll champion therapy-led, person-centred approaches and contribute to service development and quality improvement.

Working in partnership with a physiotherapy team lead, you'll share leadership responsibilities, including cross-cover when needed, ensuring continuity for patients and staff. You'll also collaborate across wards and services, supporting patient flow, early intervention, and integrated care between inpatient and community settings.

You'll join a strong network of OT and AHP leaders with a focus on collaboration, shared learning, and innovation.

We're looking for someone passionate about rehabilitation, confident in leadership, and committed to patient-centred care. Whether you're an experienced Band 7 or a Band 6 ready to step up, you'll be supported to grow and make a real impact.

At present, the Trust is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

Main duties of the job

Undertake advanced specialist therapeutic assessments (appropriate to clinical qualification and profession) of patients with diverse and complex conditions, providing a clinical diagnosis (where appropriate), development and delivery of individualised therapy plans for patients with highly complex multi-factorial conditions.

To support the case management process by providing expert clinical advice and therapy to patients with a variety of complex conditions within one of our inpatient rehabilitation units or within the community who are at risk of avoidable hospital admission or an unnecessary longer length of stay.

Working with partners in Acute, Primary and Social care to support a model which identifies, and case manages those patients needing complex management to prevent step up admissions and facilitate early discharge, reducing long term care and support needs through rehabilitation and proportionate care approaches, promoting independence and improving quality of life.

To provide professional and operational support relating to the provision and development of the therapy team. Also supporting colleagues in the provision of Therapy Services across Portsmouth South East Hampshire Division.

To take responsibility for the operational management of their team including recruitment and selection, appraisal, CPD and disciplinary procedures. Working to ensure effective operational performance within appropriate budgetary constraints.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Details

• Date posted: 10 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Please note for part time hours the salary will be pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 348-PSE-11744
• Job locations: St.Mary's Community Health Campus (Portsmouth), Milton Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 6AD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.