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B7 Lead Occupational Therapist- Mid Surrey

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7AD

Salary

£51,657 to £58,785

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

3 September 2026

1 days left

Job description

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1. To provide compassionate and effective leadership to the occupational therapists within the service/locality/sector.

2. To contribute to the overall leadership of the service/locality/sector.

3. To provide high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessment and interventions, both group and individual, to people with complex needs who access services and their carers/supporters/family members, in line with the occupational therapy pathways.

4. To communicate effectively with a range of clinicians, managers, directors, associate directors, people who access services, carers/supporter/family members, stakeholders and agencies.

5. To provide supervision and mentoring to occupational therapists within the occupational therapy service.

6. To ensure the delivery occupational therapy student placements.

7. To lead on service development and audits both within individual services and the wider occupational therapy service.

8. To be an active member of the overall occupational therapy leadership team.

9. To actively contribute to the continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities within the wider occupational therapy service.

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.

We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Qualifications, skills and experinence

Essential

  • Occupational Therapy professional qualification
  • Extensive and relevant post qualification clinical experience with people who have complex needs
  • Extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
  • Highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
  • Experience of contributing to service development/project work
  • Experience of providing supervision
  • Experience of supporting students on placement
  • Experience of representing occupational therapy within a service and Trust
  • Demonstrates evidence highly effective clinical reasoning skills

Desirable

  • In depth knowledge of group therapy and experience of facilitating groups

Qulaifications Skills and Experience

Essential

  • HCPC registration

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

1 September 2026

Last checked

2 September 2026

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