DMH Inpatient Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead

Job summary

Are you passionate about improving mental health services for adults and older people? Do you have an extensive clinical background in Occupational Therapy and are looking to further develop your career?

If the answer is yes we want to hear from you! We have an exciting opportunity within the Directorate of Mental Health to recruit an inpatient Clinical and Professional Lead Occupational Therapist.

Patient experience of our services will be at the forefront of your thinking, and this will be combined with your deep knowledge and experience of working in Mental Health Services as an Occupational Therapist. Your passion for engaging with, developing and improving our staff experience of their day-to-day work will be grounded in a desire to continuously improve clinical practice and the inpatient mental health therapeutic inpatient pathway.

Why join us?

You will be part of a supportive, innovative management and leadership team, helping us to transform our mental health services.

You will receive support both emotional and for your ongoing continuing professional development to grow with us and enhance your skills

You will have access to a range of additional benefits such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages to help support your work-life balance

We understand that you have a life outside of work and therefore we offer a range of agile and flexible working opportunities for our staff.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the operational, clinical and professional leadership and management for Occupational Therapy clinicians in the Directorate of Mental Health (DMH) inpatient services.

To have full line management for a group of OT Team leads including recruitment, appraisals, performance management and training

To identify clinical priorities at both the operational and strategic level for the therapy ensuring the highest standards of clinical and professional practice through professional leadership, clinical supervision, mentorship and practice development.

To undertake direct and indirect specialist clinical work at a high level of expertise and in complex situations. To demonstrate specialist skills in a range of therapeutic interventions

To lead the development of Occupational Therapy across DMH inpatient Services to enable continuous quality improvement in the service provision

To establish and maintain a clear structure for clinical and professional advice and support for Occupational Therapy

To be responsible for the management of staff and be the budget holder for a number of costs centres that encompass multiple complex services

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.