Team Lead - Acute Occupational Therapy | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	27 April 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£49,387 - £56,515 pro rata per annum
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	27 May 2026
Location:	Swindon, SN3 6BB
Company:	The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7966740/249-7612179-2

Summary

The Great Western Hospital is seeking a Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist to come and join our Acute Occupational Therapy Team.

The Great Western Hospital is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Band 7 Team Lead Occupational Therapist to join our Acute Occupational Therapy Team.

This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a senior leadership role within a busy acute setting, working collaboratively with our existing Band 7 Team Lead to ensure smooth service delivery, shared leadership responsibilities and consistent support for the wider OT team. Together, you will provide operational oversight, clinical leadership and day-to-day coordination across a range of medical and surgical wards.

You will also work closely with our Band 7 Clinical Specialists, whose expertise supports quality patient care across areas such as Palliative Care, Frailty, Cardiology and Respiratory. Through strong partnership and shared decision-making, you’ll help align leadership, specialist input and service priorities to ensure the team delivers safe, effective and patient-centred care.

If you’d like to learn more about this opportunity or arrange a visit to meet the team, please contact:

Michaela Kirby– michaela.kirby1@nhs.net
Briony Howard– briony.howard1@nhs.net
☎️01793 646371

You’ll be part of a vibrant OT service of 22 qualified OTs, assistants and apprentices, offering a friendly, collaborative and supportive working environment. Through our Improving Together methodology, you’ll have the opportunity to lead and implement quality improvement initiatives and influence service developments.

At Great Western, we invest in our people. Through the Great Western Academy, you’ll have access to a wide range of training, leadership programmes and higher-education opportunities to support your growth in this senior role.

To oversee, coordinate, and further develop the Acute Occupational Therapy service at the Great Western Hospital site. To work collaboratively with the existing Acute Occupational Therapy Team Lead to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery. To provide specialist clinical expertise and professional leadership to both qualified and unqualified staff, as well as to the wider multidisciplinary team. To act as the representative for Acute Occupational Therapy, delivering service updates and contributing to senior leadership across the Great Western site, while deputising for the Acute Therapies Lead when required.

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients,

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to
provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only. The post holder will need to be flexible in developing
the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.


This advert closes on Monday 11 May 2026

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