Highly Specialist Senior Occupational Therapist - Birmingham, Birmingham
Client: St Andrew’s Healthcare
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: eeea01c70ff1
Job Views: 10
Posted: 26.04.2025
Expiry Date: 10.06.2025
Job Description:
Highly Specialist Senior Occupational Therapist
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £45,251 - £49,058 Dependent on experience at this level
Hours: Ideally 37.5 per week but open to flexibility
We are seeking a driven, passionate, and highly experienced Occupational Therapist committed to providing excellent care. The role involves leading the occupational therapy service, supporting clinical outcomes, and contributing to service development. The successful candidate will demonstrate advanced skills and leadership abilities.
The role includes supporting the Lead Occupational Therapist in strategic initiatives, quality improvement, and staff wellbeing. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential.
About Us:
St Andrew’s is a mental health charity dedicated to transforming lives through specialist mental healthcare, education, and research. Our vision is a society where everyone with mental health needs is heard, valued, and hopeful. We reinvest profits into new services and facilities, making a meaningful difference.
Our Birmingham facility is a 118-bed adult mental healthcare unit with secure and low-security units for men and women, located in Stirchley, South Birmingham.
The Person and Role:
As an experienced registered occupational therapist, you'll join a motivated team, managing a clinical caseload, providing assessments and treatments, and leading a small team to develop occupational therapy services. Strong communication skills and leadership experience are required.
* Ideally 5 years’ experience as an occupational therapist.
* Ideally 2 years of line management experience.
* Postgraduate training in sensory integration or related approaches.
* Experience in secure services or mental health care.
* Ability to undertake quality assurance, audits, and service development.
* Competence in HR, investigations, and safeguarding tasks.
* Experience in research or leadership projects.
* Ability to inspire and lead others.
We value an inclusive, proactive attitude, risk assessment skills, and a commitment to professional development. Opportunities for CPD, networking, and training are available.
Rewards:
Our benefits include pension, NHS-level sickness policies, Blue Light Card discounts, 35 days annual leave (increasing to 41), life cover, electric car scheme, cycle to work scheme, healthcare plans, free parking, paid DBS, and vocational qualifications.
We expect staff to embody our CARE values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence daily.
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