Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Surgery
| Posting date: | 14 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 August 2025 |
| Location: | York, YO31 8HE |
| Company: | York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7317661/419-7317661-LOT-SY |
Summary
A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Are you a passionate and experienced occupational therapist, ready to lead innovation? A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic clinical lead occupational therapist working in the acute surgical setting across York and Scarborough trust. The successful post will be primarily based at York but you will be required to travel to Scarborough.
You will work closely with occupational therapists and multi-professional colleagues across the Trust and to ensure high quality care is provided for all patients in the service. You will also have the opportunity to influence change in service delivery, work effectively in local and regional teams and lead improvement and innovation across occupational therapy pathways within the surgical setting.
This an excellent opportunity to expand your clinical knowledge within surgical services, alongside expanding your skills across each of the Four Pillars of Practice. This role has a strong component of leading clinical transformation and improvement projects across clinical areas within the service. There will be opportunities to engage in research, present your work and educate in the areas of your clinical expertise. You will also be expected to support the learning and development of other occupational therapists and multi-professional colleagues through training, supervision and reflective practice.
We strongly encourage you to contact us to learn more about this opportunity.
• To provide visible clinical leadership for occupational therapy across clinical service, within surgical specialities, which includes autonomously managing a complex caseload, evaluation of quality and service performance and creating a culture of learning and development.
• To use evidenced based highly specialist skills to manage a complex caseload, which includes the specialities of vascular, urology, general surgery, head and neck, ICU step downs.
• Provide training/support to staff, patients and their carers.
You need to be resilient and able to manage and prioritise your caseload whilst supporting the work and development of the team.
• The department is well established in facilitating the training of Occupational therapy students and staff are involved in delivering a variety of rolling training programmes for other health care professionals across the Trust.
• You will be part of a supportive senior surgical therapy leadership team, including other clinical leads in physiotherapy , team manager, as well as senior operational manager and occupational therapy professional lead.
If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.
Please note: The post may become Permanent at the end of Fixed Term/Secondment.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension fordependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• Agenerous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k)to support with relocation expensesfor hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety ofdifferent typesof paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work,familyand relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Workscheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring,cinemaand financefrom a rangeof providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You areadvised to submityourapplication at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:recruitment@york.nhs.uk.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Jul 2025
Are you a passionate and experienced occupational therapist, ready to lead innovation? A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic clinical lead occupational therapist working in the acute surgical setting across York and Scarborough trust. The successful post will be primarily based at York but you will be required to travel to Scarborough.
You will work closely with occupational therapists and multi-professional colleagues across the Trust and to ensure high quality care is provided for all patients in the service. You will also have the opportunity to influence change in service delivery, work effectively in local and regional teams and lead improvement and innovation across occupational therapy pathways within the surgical setting.
This an excellent opportunity to expand your clinical knowledge within surgical services, alongside expanding your skills across each of the Four Pillars of Practice. This role has a strong component of leading clinical transformation and improvement projects across clinical areas within the service. There will be opportunities to engage in research, present your work and educate in the areas of your clinical expertise. You will also be expected to support the learning and development of other occupational therapists and multi-professional colleagues through training, supervision and reflective practice.
We strongly encourage you to contact us to learn more about this opportunity.
• To provide visible clinical leadership for occupational therapy across clinical service, within surgical specialities, which includes autonomously managing a complex caseload, evaluation of quality and service performance and creating a culture of learning and development.
• To use evidenced based highly specialist skills to manage a complex caseload, which includes the specialities of vascular, urology, general surgery, head and neck, ICU step downs.
• Provide training/support to staff, patients and their carers.
You need to be resilient and able to manage and prioritise your caseload whilst supporting the work and development of the team.
• The department is well established in facilitating the training of Occupational therapy students and staff are involved in delivering a variety of rolling training programmes for other health care professionals across the Trust.
• You will be part of a supportive senior surgical therapy leadership team, including other clinical leads in physiotherapy , team manager, as well as senior operational manager and occupational therapy professional lead.
If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post.
Please note: The post may become Permanent at the end of Fixed Term/Secondment.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension fordependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• Agenerous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k)to support with relocation expensesfor hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety ofdifferent typesof paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work,familyand relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Workscheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring,cinemaand financefrom a rangeof providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You areadvised to submityourapplication at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:recruitment@york.nhs.uk.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Jul 2025
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