Job summary
- Main area
- OT
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes occasional weekends)
- Job ref
- 151-NM449
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Farnham Hospita;
- Town
- Farnham
- Salary
- £51,657 - £58,785 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
OT Team Lead (Inpatient Rehab)
Band 7
Job overview
We are pleased to advertise for a full time B7 OT Team Lead to work with our inpatient rehab team at Farnham Hospital. Alongside the B7 Physio Team Lead, you will jointly lead the therapy team across two wards.
As well as operational and clinical leadership for the team, you will be responsible for the line management of OTs, including HR, appraisals, regular supervisions, wellbeing and CPD.
The therapy team is colocated with the ward nursing team and you will be working together to identify patient goals and safe, timely discharges.
You will receive regular 1:1s from the Service Manager, receive peer support from other B7 OTs and B7 Intermediate Care Team Leads and ongoing investment in your professional development.
Main duties of the job
- To provide expert clinical leadership within the MDT.
Undertake professional leadership and act as a clinical exemplar within the team. - To act as an autonomous clinician accountable for both your own and all delegated clinical tasks.
- Contribute to the development of service strategy and clinical standard operating procedures.
- Establish local networks internally and externally.
- Represent the team and the service at Trust and, where appropriate, strategic meetings.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Occupational Therapy Degree (or equivalent).
- HCPC Registration.
Desirable criteria
- NHS Leadership Training
- Clinical Educator / Student Educator qualification
- Educated to Masters level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant Band 6 experience.
- Line management experience
- Leadership experience.
- Experience of multidisciplinary working.
- Experience of audit.
Desirable criteria
- Clinical experience in different settings e.g. acute/community.
- Community experience.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly developed professional knowledge base, supported by educational development and different work environments.
- Knowledge of current political drivers in relation to health and social care issues.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships with other health and social care professionals, patients, carers and the public.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong IT Skills – including word, excel, Teams and power-point.
- Good Presentation skills / public speaking.
Desirable criteria
- Hospital discharge policies and processes.
- Key drivers in community health and social care.
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
- Lisa Beadle
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 613 8203
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