Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Occupational Therapist
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Lead Occupational Therapist - Acute Inpatient Services
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About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Acute Inpatient Services as an Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead. This senior role provides clinical, professional, and operational leadership across our acute mental health wards, supporting high-quality, recovery-focused care for people with complex mental health needs.
You will provide expert clinical guidance, lead service development, workforce planning, and professional supervision, and work closely with service managers and multidisciplinary teams to enhance Occupational Therapy services. The post holder will promote evidence-based practice, quality improvement, clinical governance, and innovation to ensure positive outcomes for service users and carers.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a specialist occupational therapy caseload, undertaking assessment, treatment planning, care coordination, rehabilitation, and discharge planning for individuals with complex mental health needs.
- Provide clinical leadership and expert occupational therapy advice to staff and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based, and recovery-focused care.
- Lead the development and delivery of occupational therapy services across acute inpatient settings, supporting service improvement and operational objectives.
- Supervise, support, and develop occupational therapy staff and students through clinical supervision, appraisal, induction, training, and professional development.
- Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to maximise service user outcomes, rehabilitation opportunities, and safe discharge planning.
- Lead quality improvement, clinical governance, audit, and research activity, promoting evidence-based practice and continuous service enhancement.
- Manage workforce responsibilities including recruitment, performance management, absence management, workload planning, and staff wellbeing.
- Contribute to professional and organisational development through participation in working groups, policy development, and service transformation initiatives.
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Closing Dates
- Closing Date: 24 August 2026
- Shortlisting Date: W/C 25 August 2026
- Interview Date: TBC
Core Values
- We Care: We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
- We Listen: We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
- We Deliver: We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.
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Benefits
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
- Increase mileage rates for > 4500
- A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
- A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Cathy Schofield
- Job Title: Chief Allied Health Professional
- Email Address: catherine.schofield@bdct.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 07776162565
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