Acute Occupational Therapy Lead and Therapy Manager
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £59,490 - £66,239 per annum Incl. HCAS (Outer) |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 25 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Carshalton and Epsom, SM5 1AA |
| Cwmni: | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7303417/343-7181536-FM-AG-A |
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A Vacancy at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Acute Occupational Therapy Lead and Therapy Manager
An exciting opportunity has become available to join Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust as the Acute Occupational Therapy Lead. Occupational Therapy plays a vital role in the acute care setting, ensuring that patients experience a seamless and positive journey during their inpatient stay and beyond. Our Occupational Therapists collaborate closely with physiotherapy colleagues, the wider multidisciplinary team, and community partners. The team provides services across two hospital sites in a diverse range of clinical areas, such as respiratory, cardiac, elderly care, general medicine, renal and surgery.
We are seeking a motivated and committed individual with clinical and managerial experience who is keen to further develop the service in the capacity of professional lead. This role will be undertaken in partnership with a supportive therapies management team.
This may be your first experience in a management role or you may have previous experience at this level.
For further information or to discuss this opportunity informally, please do not hesitate to contact us.
To provide a high quality and responsive patient focused service to the patients of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust resulting in good evidenced based outcomes.
The acute therapy service achieves this through providing assessment, diagnosis and effective treatment and management of patients accessing Occupational Therapy services in Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital and enabling access to community and other services for patients with Physiotherapy requirements.
To reduce length of stay, reduce duplication, increase response rates and single assessment processes across the patient pathway
To be the Professional Lead for acute Occupational Therapy
To operationally lead and develop Acute Occupational Therapy services on the acute sites for both adults and paediatrics.
Acute Therapy services comprise the following teams:
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Dietetics
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Admin Team
The post holder is will have primary operational responsibility for Occupational Therapy. However it is expected that the post holder will work closely with the other Acute Therapy Managers and professional leads to provide cross cover for each other as required.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Jul 2025
Acute Occupational Therapy Lead and Therapy Manager
An exciting opportunity has become available to join Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust as the Acute Occupational Therapy Lead. Occupational Therapy plays a vital role in the acute care setting, ensuring that patients experience a seamless and positive journey during their inpatient stay and beyond. Our Occupational Therapists collaborate closely with physiotherapy colleagues, the wider multidisciplinary team, and community partners. The team provides services across two hospital sites in a diverse range of clinical areas, such as respiratory, cardiac, elderly care, general medicine, renal and surgery.
We are seeking a motivated and committed individual with clinical and managerial experience who is keen to further develop the service in the capacity of professional lead. This role will be undertaken in partnership with a supportive therapies management team.
This may be your first experience in a management role or you may have previous experience at this level.
For further information or to discuss this opportunity informally, please do not hesitate to contact us.
To provide a high quality and responsive patient focused service to the patients of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust resulting in good evidenced based outcomes.
The acute therapy service achieves this through providing assessment, diagnosis and effective treatment and management of patients accessing Occupational Therapy services in Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital and enabling access to community and other services for patients with Physiotherapy requirements.
To reduce length of stay, reduce duplication, increase response rates and single assessment processes across the patient pathway
To be the Professional Lead for acute Occupational Therapy
To operationally lead and develop Acute Occupational Therapy services on the acute sites for both adults and paediatrics.
Acute Therapy services comprise the following teams:
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Dietetics
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Admin Team
The post holder is will have primary operational responsibility for Occupational Therapy. However it is expected that the post holder will work closely with the other Acute Therapy Managers and professional leads to provide cross cover for each other as required.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Jul 2025