Lead Occupational Therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £53,751 - £60,651 per annum inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW10 7NS |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7653039/333-J-BR-0739-C |
Summary
Ready for something new?
We’re looking for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our vibrant team at Park Royal – and this isn’t just any OT role. This is your chance to shape services, lead exciting projects, and make a real difference for service users while developing your own career.
Why this role is different
• Develop and Diversify OT Provision
We’re looking for someone who loves innovation. You’ll have the freedom to expand activity and OT services across our acute wards and PICU, supported by an open-minded senior management team that values fresh thinking.
• Leadership Opportunities
This role is perfect for an experienced Band 6 (With line management, leadership experience) or Band 7 OT ready to step up. You’ll lead projects, supervise a dynamic team, and gain exposure to service development. Many of our previous Lead OTs have progressed to Band 8a within a couple of years – and we’ll support you to do the same.
• Transitional Care Project
Help us bridge the gap between acute and community care. We’re planning to pilot a model where acute OTs support service users into community spaces, improving continuity of care and reducing readmission rates. Your input will shape this innovative approach.
• New Coffee Bar Project!
Be part of a creative vocational enablement initiative where service users help run a coffee bar, building real-world skills and linking to employment opportunities in the community. Your ideas and leadership will help make this a success.
About the Team
You will oversee the Tamarind team:
• 5 OTs
• 1 OT apprentice
• 4 Activity Coordinators
• 2 Fitness Instructors
• 1 Peer Support Worker
Together, you’ll deliver meaningful activity and therapy across 4 acute wards and 1 PICU – and help us take things to the next level to meet the needs of our diverse and vibrant local community.
Who we are looking for
• A motivated OT ready for developing their leadership and service development skills.
• Someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working with multiple stakeholders.
• A creative thinker who sees change as an opportunity.
• Committed to CPD for themselves and their team.
Our offer to you:
• A supportive team of OTs, activity coordinators, fitness instructors, and peer support workers.
• Regular supervision and mentorship from HOT.
• Opportunities to lead on OT projects and QI initiatives.
• Access to specialist OT forums, CPD sessions, and research networks.
• A workplace that values creativity, inclusion, and professional growth.
• Opportunity for specialist training such as Sensory Integration Practitioner
Sound exciting? It is!
If you’re passionate about making a difference and want a role that offers variety, leadership, and career progression, we’d love to hear from you for informal chats, site visits, requests!
Please see the job description for full details on the role.
• To provide professional and day-to-day clinical leadership, and expertise to the Tamarind Team.
• To work effectively in partnership and collaboration with a range of agencies and professionals that support service users in their recovery.
• To ensure that all interventions amplify an individual’s self-management skills in line with the principles and ethos of recovery and social inclusion.
• To be involved with the development and implementation of the Ward Group Programmes
• To manage a defined complex occupational therapy caseload using evidence based and person-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist OT treatment.
• To work in conjunction with the Borough Head OT and other Lead OTs in the Trust to support the development of and promote evidence-based OT within the acute roles.
• To work in conjunction with senior staff in the MDT and our acute service to support the development of OT and Activity services at Park Royal Centre for Mental Health.
• To provide training and education to occupational therapists and other professionals with regard to how occupation may assist the recovery of service users.
• To jointly work with other Lead OTs in acute services in CNWL to develop services including specific projects, audit and research
• To act as an educator to students on practice placement.
• To act as mentor for OT apprenticeships as required
This advert closes on Monday 15 Dec 2025
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