# Team Leader Occupational Therapist - Frailty Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-leader-occupational-therapist-frailty-medicine/61b9a74a-0a5a-44aa-adc0-d57756652ea2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/team-leader-occupational-therapist-frailty-medicine/61b9a74a-0a5a-44aa-adc0-d57756652ea2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust - **Town:** Nuneaton - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T13:43:03.989Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Nuneaton/George_Eliot_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8060105 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8060105?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.geh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Team Lead Occupational Therapist – Frailty Medicine - hours per week Fixed term for 12 months (Maternity Cover) Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Closing Date: Friday 26th June 2026 Interview Date: Friday 10th July 2026 **This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. ** All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas. A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more #JoinTeamEliot ### Main duties of the job - An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Therapy Service as Team Lead for Frailty Medicine. - This key leadership role sits within a well-established multidisciplinary team providing therapy services across our Frailty Assessment Unit and short stay frailty ward. The successful candidate will provide clinical and professional leadership to a team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Support Workers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care for older adults with complex needs. - Working closely with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, you will support admission avoidance, timely discharge planning and patient flow through acute frailty pathways. You will also contribute to service development, workforce support and the delivery of operational and quality objectives. - We are seeking an individual with experience in frailty, acute medicine or older people's services who can demonstrate strong leadership skills, sound clinical reasoning and a commitment to continuous improvement. This post would suit either an experienced Band 7 or an ambitious Band 6 ready to take the next step in their career. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - To assist the Therapy Manager in providing leadership, guidance, supervision and professional development for all therapy staff and students in the Therapy Department. - Highly specialised, experienced practitioner employed to take a lead role in planning, co-ordinating and delivering Therapy intervention in the specialist area. - To be responsible for the effective provision and development of the clinical service within the speciality at the GEH. - To work in close liaison with the MDT and community partners and to provide specialist training and support. - To provide highly specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and advice in lifestyle management and adaptations to patients and their families/ carers. - To provide advice and support to junior Therapy colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team, with regard to Occupational Therapy intervention. - To contribute to the service development, service provision and coordination of Therapy services, related to the specialist area. - To contribute to the running and development of the service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practice. For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached. ## Job Details Team Lead Occupational Therapist – Frailty Medicine hours per week Fixed term for 12 months (Maternity Cover) Salary: £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Closing Date: Friday 26th June 2026 Interview Date: Friday 10th July 2026 **This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. ** All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas. A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more #JoinTeamEliot ## Job Description An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Therapy Service as Team Lead for Frailty Medicine. This key leadership role sits within a well-established multidisciplinary team providing therapy services across our Frailty Assessment Unit and short stay frailty ward. The successful candidate will provide clinical and professional leadership to a team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Therapy Support Workers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care for older adults with complex needs. Working closely with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, you will support admission avoidance, timely discharge planning and patient flow through acute frailty pathways. You will also contribute to service development, workforce support and the delivery of operational and quality objectives. We are seeking an individual with experience in frailty, acute medicine or older people's services who can demonstrate strong leadership skills, sound clinical reasoning and a commitment to continuous improvement. This post would suit either an experienced Band 7 or an ambitious Band 6 ready to take the next step in their career. ## Responsibilities To assist the Therapy Manager in providing leadership, guidance, supervision and professional development for all therapy staff and students in the Therapy Department. Highly specialised, experienced practitioner employed to take a lead role in planning, co-ordinating and delivering Therapy intervention in the specialist area. To be responsible for the effective provision and development of the clinical service within the speciality at the GEH. To work in close liaison with the MDT and community partners and to provide specialist training and support. To provide highly specialist Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and advice in lifestyle management and adaptations to patients and their families/ carers. To provide advice and support to junior Therapy colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team, with regard to Occupational Therapy intervention. To contribute to the service development, service provision and coordination of Therapy services, related to the specialist area. To contribute to the running and development of the service through the promotion, adaptation and development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practice. For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached. ## Person Specification ### Personal Qualities **Essential** - Ability to meet challenging service needs and demands - Ability to deal with emerging stressful situations - Flexible, approachable and adaptable - Diplomatic and sensitive to the needs of others ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Ability to demonstrate autonomous working, specialised clinical intervention and decision making - Upto date knowledge of best practice and current research in specialist area - Ability to demonstrate leading a team - Ability to demonstrate appraisal, supervision and mentoring experience - Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills - Ability to work closely as part of an MDT with a collaborative approach - experience of service development - Ability to collect and interpret data to inform practice and service development - Excellent organisational skills - Ability to prioritise, delegate and escalate workforce or caseload concerns **Desirable** - Driving licence and access to vehicle for work purposes ### Experience And Knowledge **Essential** - Extensive postgraduate experience working within the relevant clinical field with a minimum 5 years’ experience - Excellent advanced knowledge of the management of relevant patient group - Extensive experience of working closely with MDT - Experience of clinical education of less experienced staff (including students) **Desirable** - Evidence of participation in audit/research Experience working within the NHS ### Qualifications and Professional Training **Essential** - Degree in Occupational Therapy - HCPC Registration - Relevant and demonstratable NHS Experience **Desirable** - Membership of relevant Special interest group ## Documents - [functional requirements (pdf, 620.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1934) - [team leader occupational therapist - jd (pdf, 456.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10350302) - [team leader occupational therapist - ps (pdf, 512.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10350303) - [team leader occupational therapist - frf (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10350301) ## 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.