Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Acute Occupational Therapy Lead and Therapy Manager
Closing date: 05 May 2026
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.
Main duties of the job
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
* Speech and Language Therapy
* Admin Team
The post holder 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.
About us
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.
Person Specification
Values & Behaviours
* Putting the patient first
* Taking opportunities to improve
* Work as one team
* Respect each other
Qualifications and Training
* Relevant OT qualification and HCPC registration
* Experience of NHS management
* Evidence of CPD
* Teaching & Training experience
Experience
* Extensive experience of providing Acute OT
* Consolidated experience of managing and appraising staff
* Experience of managing change
* Experience of managing health & safety in the workplace
* Experience of recruitment
* Experience of budget management
Skills & Abilities
* Clinical leadership skills
* Ability to influence and problem solve
* Positive attitude to change and flexible approach
* Ability to prioritise and work independently
* Committed to an integrated approach
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
£57,528 to £64,750 a year pro rata per annum Incl. HCAS (Outer)
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