Professional & Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
Band 7
Main area Occupational Therapy Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working across a 7 day week service) Job ref 201-26-138-C
Site Bodmin Hospital Town Bodmin Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 25/06/2026 23:59
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled Professional & Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Inpatient Stroke Service at Bodmin Hospital.
As a senior member of the Stroke Unit Therapy team, you will provide professional and clinical leadership, ensuring high standards of assessment, intervention and patient‑centred care. This is a pivotal role where you will be accountable for the professional and clinical performance of stroke therapy staff, helping to shape and develop a responsive, safe and effective service.
Kindly note that prior applicants will not be eligible to reapply.
Main duties of the job
In this leadership position, you will:
- Provide professional and clinical leadership to the Stroke Unit Therapy team.
- Ensure high-quality, evidence-based assessment and treatment for stroke patients and their families/carers.
- Work across a seven-day service, supporting consistent and effective care delivery.
- Collaborate with the senior management team to deliver services aligned with national targets, local priorities and performance indicators.
- Maintain your own clinical practice, managing a highly complex caseload and utilising advanced specialist clinical skills.
- Contribute to Trust-wide AHP leadership as part of the professional leadership structure.
- Coordinate and support undergraduate and post-qualification learning, CPD opportunities and development across the service line.
- Represent stroke therapy at operational and corporate meetings.
Person specification
Role requirement
- Evidence of post graduate training in specialist assessment and treatment approaches for people who have had a stroke
- Experience in a stroke rehabilitation setting
- Experience of supervising other qualified staff
- Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development
- Qualification in coaching and mentoring
- Experience of research and audit
Skills and Aptitude
- Awareness and understanding of current national stroke guidelines
- Demonstrate the ability to deliver service in line with evidence based practice and clear outcome measures
- Demonstrate the ability to establish effective working relationships with staff and partner agencies
- Demonstrate the ability to prioritise own, others and service workload
Knowledge and abilities
- Caseload management including highly complex cases
- In depth knowledge of professional standards and code of conduct for occupational therapy
- Highly motivated and focused
- Excellent interpersonal skills
Other
- Ability to travel independently when required
Benefits
- Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
- Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
- Free DBS checks where required
- Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
