Role Overview
Band 7 Community Occupational Therapy Team Lead at Fleet Community Hospital. Provide expert clinical and professional leadership within our Community Bridging Service. Manage a small, complex caseload, support recovery for patients with long‑term conditions, and drive service development in partnership with multidisciplinary teams.
We’re seeking a registered professional (Physiotherapist, OT, or Nurse) with advanced clinical skills, a passion for high standards, and proven leadership experience. If you thrive on making a difference, value collaborative working, and are committed to delivering outstanding care in a dynamic community setting, we want to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide expert clinical leadership within community services and the wider Integrated Care Teams as appropriate to provide high standards of rehab, recovery advice and input to patients to avoid unnecessary admission to secondary care.
* Undertake professional leadership role in the community. Act as a clinical exemplar within the team and locality.
* Work with partners in primary, secondary and social care to support an enhanced recovery model which works in partnership with ICTs and complex case management.
* Act as an autonomous clinician accountable for both your own and all delegated clinical tasks.
* Negotiate and agree with the patient, carers and other care professionals individual roles and responsibilities with actions to be taken and outcomes to be achieved, referring on to other services or professionals as appropriate.
* Contribute to the development of service strategy and clinical standard operating procedures.
* Establish local networks in partnership with other health and social professionals/agencies and national links with other generalists in order to develop protocols according to national and local guidelines for the safe and effective provision of community therapies.
Qualifications and Experience
Registered professional – Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist or Nurse with advanced clinical skills and proven leadership experience.
Benefits and Working Conditions
* First‑class development opportunities for all staff.
* Wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training.
* Flexible working patterns and hours—Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust works with staff to meet their needs and the needs of the service and its users.
* Committed to a healthy work‑life balance benefiting both staff and patients.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability‑confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
* Name: Kelly Gray
* Job title: Senior Community Matron RN DN QN
* Email: kellygray@nhs.net
* Telephone: 07557926032
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