Job summary
- Main area
- Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist - Inpatient rehabilitation
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Must be able to participate in a 7 day OT service
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes 7 day therapy service rota)
- Job ref
- 391-NMUH-7789082
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Capetown & Canterbury wards
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £55,524 - £62,652 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 Team Lead Occupational therapist - Inpatient Rehabilitation
NHS AfC: Band 7
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
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Job overview
If you are a dynamic & experienced Occupational therapist come join our friendly and supportive Inpatient rehabilitation teams based across 2 sites . Capetown & Canterbury wards , offer short stay Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation, for adults within an MDT setting at the Chase farm hospital site. You will work closely with the therapy team at Magnolia unit ( Inpatient complex general , Stroke & neurorehab) based at St Michael's primary care centre.
You will work alongside a Band 7 Physiotherapy team lead , Band 7 nurse lead and supported by the Integrated therapies Lead. You will be responsible for managing the OT team , in order to achieve the best outcomes for your patients , adhering to National and local standards.
This role is ideal for experienced Band 6 OTs with advanced clinical skills wishing to develop further into a senior position or for existing Band 7s looking for a new challenge. The role has supervision and staff management responsibility You will be involved in developing the OT services working with OTs, Physiotherapists, support workers, Medical & Nursing staff. The trust’s training and development pathway includes a yearly appraisal ,supervision and leadership development pathways.
We welcome you to join our services as we explore new avenues and integrate rehabilitation services across 2 sites.
Contact Kavita Shastri - Magnolia Unit Manager & Integrated Therapies Lead Email : [email protected], phone: 07974878754 for any queries
Main duties of the job
Capetown & Canterbury wards & Magnolia unit are community-based wards,
providing physical rehabilitation for adults and older people transferred from
acute providers or following hospital avoidance admissions from the
community. The post holder will have experience of working within the
specialist area of complex inpatient rehabilitation, including working with
patients with progressive and non-progressive conditions (orthopaedic,
respiratory, medical and surgical).
The post holder will work as an autonomous Occupational Therapist,
responsible for the management, planning, implementation and direction of the
OT Team which consists of a Band 6, Band 5 and Band 4 staff to ensure the
provision of an exceptional standard of Occupational Therapy service, in
conjunction with the multi-professional team, to meet the needs of the
inpatients on the ward. This will also including mentoring, training, CPD,
supervision and appraisal of staff and students.
The post holder will also provide specialist OT advice to the MDT and provide
expertise relating to service developments, including leading Departmental
projects when required.
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
- To assess the rehabilitation needs of patients admitted and establish and evaluate appropriate OT treatment programmes.
- To participate in multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment provision.
- To ensure the OT staff work with patients to identify OT goals as part of the overall care plan, using standardised and local OT assessment tools.
- To take a lead role in the overview of the discharge planning of patients, recommending services and appropriate follow up at home.
- To manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, taking on the role of care co-ordinator and/or vocational lead where relevant.
- To provide expert advice on moving and handling matters, both within the Unit and within patients’ homes and ensure OT staff undertake safe moving and handling systems.
- To plan and implement patient centred individual and/or group interventions using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
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Policy Development
To participate in the operational planning, and implementation of policy and service development within the OT Team and, when required, lead on delegated projects.
- To undertake research and/or audit projects relevant to OT and/or the service area, disseminating findings at local level and implementing best practice.
- To broaden own research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects.
Service Development
To participate in the operational planning, and implementation of policy and service development within the OT Team and, when required, lead on delegated projects.To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply to practice. -
To assist the Integrated Therapy Lead regarding service development initiatives , participating in & leading quality improvement projects. To participate in the delivery of OT team development plans as required.
- See full JD for details
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Recognised Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- • Evidence of Continuous Professional Development relevant to the role
- Completion of the Practice Placement Educator’s Training.
Desirable criteria
- Member of COT/ other clinical interest groups
- Mental Capacity assessment training / other similar training
Previous experience & skills
Essential criteria
- • Extensive and recent clinical experience working as B6 or B7 in Physical Rehabilitation with adults and older people within the NHS/ similar environment
- • Experience working with patients with cognitive deficits.
- • Experience working with patients with complex moving and handling needs.
- • Experience of working as part of an MDT.
- • Experience undertaking managerial duties.
- • Ability to participate in 7 day OT therapy service rota
- • The ability to autonomously manage workload and determine priorities, delegating as appropriate
- • The ability to process, manage and communicate complex information effectively with patients , carers , as well as colleagues
- • To be competent using IT systems including Microsoft office, EPR systems
- • The ability to deal with difficult situations involving conflict and/or distressed patients/carers/staff
- • The ability to prioritise own and others workload within a busy environment.
- • To have developed advanced skills relating to dementia, including an understanding of mental capacity issues
- • To have developed advanced skills in moving and handling.
- • The ability to apply appraisal and supervision skills.
Desirable criteria
- • The ability to organise & respond effectively to complex information
- • The ability to reflect on own and others’ performances
- Effective presentation skills
- Audit and service improvement skills
- The ability to work with animals eg offer Animal assisted therapy group
Knowledge / awareness/ understanding
Essential criteria
- • Understanding and application of of O.T. outcome measures
- • Knowledge of different approaches to OT treatment relevant to the clinical area
- • Knowledge of differing models of practice.
- • Incorporating principles of Clinical Governance into day to day workload.
- • Specialist knowledge & application of OT Assessments & Interventions relevant to client group.
- • Suitable post graduate professional development relating to the clinical setting.
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the RCOT Clinical Interest Group.
Other essential factors
Essential criteria
- Physical ability to meet the demands of the post including travelling between sites / for community based assessments
- Valid UK driving licence with ability to drive for work related purposes
Desirable criteria
- Fluent in any other language
- Access to a car/ vehicle for business purposes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kavita Shastri
- Job title
- Magnolia unit manager & Integrated therapies lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07974878754
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