Description
The Lead Occupational Therapist will provide expert clinical leadership, supervision, and operational support to Occupational Therapy staff within Brent Community Mental Health Hubs and Early Intervention Services. The post holder will maintain a complex clinical caseload, deliver specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions, and model high-quality, occupation-centred and recovery-focused practice.
The role combines clinical expertise with leadership responsibility, supporting staff development through supervision, coaching, and professional guidance. The successful candidate will lead service development, quality improvement, and innovation projects, while providing expert occupational therapy advice within multidisciplinary teams.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide professional leadership and operational support to Occupational Therapy staff
- Maintain a specialist clinical caseload
- Deliver expert assessment and intervention for people with complex mental health needs
- Model and promote high-quality, occupation-centred, recovery-focused practice
- Lead the development of a skilled OT workforce through supervision, coaching, and professional development
- Support staff wellbeing, retention, recruitment, and succession planning
- Lead and contribute to quality improvement, service development, and transformation projects
- Provide expert occupational therapy advice within multidisciplinary teams
- Work collaboratively with service users, carers, community organisations, and partner agencies
The trust offers a strong professional leadership structure, including borough Head OTs, specialist professional leads, a Trust-wide Professional Head of Occupational Therapy, and an AHP Director. Professional development is a priority, with access to supervision, mentoring, leadership programmes, quality improvement training, research opportunities, clinical networks, and specialist forums.
The salary for this post is £55,524 to £62,652 per annum, inclusive of HCAS.