Occupational Therapy Clinical Team Lead – Trauma and Orthopaedics

About The Role

As the Clinical Lead, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering occupational therapy services across Trauma & Orthopaedics. You will provide strong clinical leadership, support service development, and ensure high standards of care for patients recovering from injury, surgery, and musculoskeletal conditions. You will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to efficient patient flow and safe discharge planning, while supporting and developing junior staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist clinical expertise within Trauma & Orthopaedics, managing a complex caseload
• Lead and support the day‑to‑day operational management of the Therapy service within T&O
• Supervise, mentor and develop Band 5/6 staff, apprentices, and students
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives, audits, and quality improvement projects
• Ensure delivery of safe, effective discharge planning and rehabilitation pathways
• Work collaboratively with physiotherapists, nurses, consultants, and community teams
• Promote evidence‑based practice and innovation within the service

About You

• A qualified Occupational Therapist with current HCPC registration
• Experienced in acute care, ideally within Trauma & Orthopaedics
• Demonstrating leadership skills or ready to step into a leadership role
• Passionate about patient‑centred rehabilitation and discharge planning
• A confident communicator with excellent team‑working skills
• Committed to service development and continuous improvement

Essential Requirements

• Registered with HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council)
• BSc in Occupational Therapy
• Significant post‑registration experience in acute settings, ideally within Traumas and Orthopaedics
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to manage complex situations
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD)
• Experience in supervising staff and/or students
• Proven leadership and management experience in a healthcare environment
• Operational management and leadership skills
• Supportive, excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate clearly, both written and oral
• Outstanding leadership skills
• Knowledge of legal and professional responsibilities, and ethical issues in practice
• Ability to build effective working relationships within the multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of health and safety issues
• Detailed knowledge of clinical governance, including experience of quality issues and audit
• Specialist knowledge of assessments, interventions and outcome measures
• Self‑motivated, assertive, diplomatic and tactful
• Ability to work autonomously, set priorities, manage pressure and delegate effectively
• Drive to analyse professional and ethical issues and critically appraise own performance
• Ability to recognise when to seek advice
• Supervisory and appraisal skills
• Competent IT skills and presentation skills
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Client‑centred, non‑discriminatory practice and the ability to engage with service users, including carers and external agencies
• Accurate and legible patient note keeping, numeracy and literacy skills
• Driving licence as required for the role

Desirable

• Previous leadership or senior role experience
• Involvement in audit, research, or service redesign
• Knowledge of NHS pathways and discharge processes

What We Offer

• A supportive and innovative working environment within a large teaching hospital
• Access to training, CPD and research opportunities
• Flexible working options where possible
• NHS pension scheme and staff benefits

Skills and Knowledge

• Operational management and leadership skills
• Supportive, excellent interpersonal skills including ability to communicate clearly, both written and oral
• Outstanding leadership skills
• Understand legal responsibilities, with knowledge of professional and ethical issues in practice
• Ability to build effective working relationships within the multi‑disciplinary team
• Knowledge of health and safety issues
• Detailed knowledge of the principles and application of clinical governance, including experience of quality issues and audit
• Specialist knowledge of assessments, interventions, outcome measures
• Self-motivated, assertive, diplomatic, and tactful
• Ability to work independently, autonomously and set priorities
• Ability to work flexibly and manage pressure of work
• Ability to delegate and negotiate
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues and critically appraise own performance
• Ability to recognise when to seek advice
• Supervisory and appraisal skills
• Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information
• Ability to cope with a stressful working environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers
• Competent IT skills
• Presentation skills
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Ability to engage with service users, including a commitment to client-centred, non-discriminatory practice
• Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes, including numeracy and literacy skills
• Driving licence as required for the role

Experience

• Evidence of experience to meet the scope and authority of the post
• Evidence of advanced level of practice, including in-depth experience at band 6 level
• Supervision of staff/​students
• Leadership, recruitment and selection of staff
• Experience working in individual, group and team settings across a variety of relevant settings
• Involvement in research and audit
• Documented evidence of continuous practice development (CPD)
• Practice innovation
• Experience working with users, carers and external agencies

Additional Information

• On‑site nursery
• Free Beach Hut for staff during summer days
• On‑site Wellness Centre, including gym and swimming pool
• Access to staff networks, including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise achievements
• Supportive environment for staff wellbeing

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