# Lead Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Priory Healthcare.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Priory Healthcare
- **Location:** Priory Hospital Middleton St George
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Salary:** £48,118 / year
- **Contract type:** Permanent - Full Time
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07T09:45:08.199Z
- **Source information URL:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/en/postings/f204f915-ffa2-428d-923c-489e4e800a7e
- **Application URL:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/en/postings/f204f915-ffa2-428d-923c-489e4e800a7e
- **Employer website:** https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/

## Job Content

Priory Hospital Middleton St GeorgeUp to £48,118 depending on experienceFull Time - 37.5 HoursPriory Hospital Middleton St George has an opportunity for a HCPC registered Lead Occupational Therapist to join our team. Priory Hospital Middleton St George, Darlington, County Durham is a specialist inpatient service for adults with mental health issues, complex needs and behaviours that challenge. It is accessible by public transport, with a local train station approximately 5 miles away and local bus services to Darlington.

### What you'll be doing

- Work closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues across the hospital site to support integration around patient care.
- To deliver a highly specialised and advanced standard of OT assessment, treatment and management for patients.
- Ensure that own practice and service meets agreed local and national standards and clinical governance requirements, including COT Standards for Practice, Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
- Participate in site service quality improvement initiatives including conducting investigations and Quality monitoring assurance objectives and clinical audit Oversee student placements within the OT team.
- Attend all site required meetings including Clinical Governance and Patient Safety and represent the OT department.
- Attend Regional OT meetings and feedback to site Take responsibility for identified budget responsibilities related to role for example; the therapy activity budget.

### What we will give you in return

- Free on-site parking
- Enhanced maternity pay
- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave
- Contributory pension scheme
- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
- Access to development opportunities
- Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
- Leadership & management development
- Long service award
- Refer a friend bonuses

## Person Specification

### What you'll bring to the role

**Essential**

- Essential for the role – Lead Occupational TherapistCandidates must be HCPC registered and hold a postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma, or Master’s degree, or have completed formal postgraduate study (award or non-award bearing). They must have experience in team leadership and driving change, experience supervising Occupational Therapists or Occupational Therapy Assistants and students, a working knowledge of current national and local healthcare issues, and training in relevant models of practice such as MoHO, VdTMoCA, and Sensory Integration.

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