# Lead Occupational Therapist

**Company**: North London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Edgware Barnet
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £55524.00 to £62652.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Band 7 Lead Occupational Therapist to join The Beacon Centre, our specialist Tier 4 CAMHS inpatient service for young people with complex mental health needs.

The successful candidate will provide clinical, professional and operational leadership for the Occupational Therapy service, leading a dedicated team and contributing to the Senior Management Team.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading and developing Occupational Therapy services within a specialist Tier 4 CAMHS setting

- Shaping innovative, occupation-focused and evidence-based practice

- Influencing service development and strategic decision-making

- Leading and developing a skilled Occupational Therapy workforce

- Driving quality improvement, service evaluation and research activity

The ideal candidate will have:

- HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist

- Significant post-registration experience working with people with complex mental health needs

- Experience of leadership, supervision and workforce development

- Excellent clinical reasoning and risk management skills

- Experience of service improvement, audit or quality improvement work

Salary: £55,524 to £62,652 per annum.

This is a permanent, full-time position.

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## Skills

### Required
- Occupational Therapy
- leadership
- supervision
- workforce development
- clinical reasoning
- risk management

### Nice to have
- Model of Human Occupation
- MOHOST
- child and adolescent psychiatry

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