Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Occupational Therapist
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Lead Occupational Therapist
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Rehabilitation Service as a Band 7 Lead Occupational Therapist. The post holder will provide professional leadership and clinical oversight across five inpatient rehabilitation wards, supporting individuals with complex mental health needs to achieve recovery, independence, and meaningful participation in everyday life.
The successful candidate will lead and develop high-quality occupational therapy services across the wards, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based, person-centred rehabilitation interventions. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams, you will promote recovery-focused practice and support service users to maximise their occupational performance and quality of life.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced clinician with strong leadership skills who is passionate about rehabilitation and service development. You will provide supervision and support to occupational therapists, assistants, students, and apprentices, while contributing to workforce development, quality improvement, and wider strategic objectives.
Role and Responsibilities
- Providing professional and clinical leadership for occupational therapy across five rehabilitation wards.
- Maintaining a clinical caseload of service users with complex and enduring mental health needs.
- Leading the assessment, formulation, and delivery of specialist occupational therapy interventions.
- Ensuring occupational therapy practice is evidence-based, outcome-focused, and aligned with professional standards.
- Supporting staff development through supervision, appraisal, teaching, and mentorship.
- Leading service improvement, audit, and quality assurance initiatives.
- Contributing to operational planning and the development of rehabilitation pathways.
- Working collaboratively with carers, families, community services, and external agencies to support effective discharge planning and recovery.
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Working Hours
Working hours will primarily be Monday to Friday 9am-5pm with some flexibility as required. Base to be determined on appointment.
About Us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
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All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Benefits
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Cherelle Blythe
- Job title: ACP trainee / Occupational Therapist
- Email address: cherelle.blythe@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 0161 714 1400
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