# Professional & Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Bodmin
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working across a 7 day week service)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-17T13:43:04.557Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/Bodmin/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8165232
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8165232?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled Professional & Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Inpatient Stroke Service at Bodmin Hospital.

As a senior member of the Stroke Unit Therapy team, you will provide professional and clinical leadership, ensuring high standards of assessment, intervention and patient‑centred care. This is a pivotal role where you will be accountable for the professional and clinical performance of stroke therapy staff, helping to shape and develop a responsive, safe and effective service.

Kindly note that prior applicants will not be eligible to reapply.

### Main duties of the job

In this leadership position, you will:

- Provide professional and clinical leadership to the Stroke Unit Therapy team.
- Ensure high-quality, evidence-based assessment and treatment for stroke patients and their families/carers.
- Work across a seven-day service, supporting consistent and effective care delivery.
- Collaborate with the senior management team to deliver services aligned with national targets, local priorities and performance indicators.
- Maintain your own clinical practice, managing a highly complex caseload and utilising advanced specialist clinical skills.
- Contribute to Trust-wide AHP leadership as part of the professional leadership structure.
- Coordinate and support undergraduate and post-qualification learning, CPD opportunities and development across the service line.
- Represent stroke therapy at operational and corporate meetings.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

## Person Specification

### Other

**Essential**

- Ability to travel independently when required

### Role requirement

**Essential**

- Evidence of post graduate training in specialist assessment and treatment approaches for people who have had a stroke
- Experience in a stroke rehabilitation setting
- Experience of supervising other qualified staff
- Masters level qualification or equivilent experience
- Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development

**Desirable**

- Qualification in coaching and mentoring
- Experience of research and audit

### Personal qualities

**Essential**

- Highly motivated and focused
- Excellent interpersonal skills

### Skills and Aptitude

**Essential**

- Awareness and understanding of current national stroke guidelines
- Demonstrate the ability to deliver service in line with evidence based practice and clear outcome measures
- Demonstrate the ability to establish effective working relationships with staff and partner agencies
- Demonstrate the ability to prioritise own, others and service workload

### Knowledge and abilities

**Essential**

- Caseload management including highly complex cases
- In depth knowledge of professional standards and code of conduct for occupational therapy

## Documents

- [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977)
- [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833)
- [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834)
- [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976)
- [professional & clinical lead occupational therapist (pdf, 760.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10466543)

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