Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist

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Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with specialist neurological rehabilitation experiencelooking for the opportunity to play a key role in shaping and developing a brand-new specialist rehabilitation service?

Active Neuro Manchesteris an exciting new specialist rehabilitation service preparing to open, providing rehabilitation for people with neurological conditions, spinal injuries and polytrauma. We are looking for a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapistto join us at this formative stage and play a pivotal role in establishing the occupational therapy service, supporting the development of the wider clinical team and helping to embed a culture of high-quality, evidence-based rehabilitation from the outset.

This is a unique opportunity to help build a clinical service rather than inherit one. Working closely with our wider clinical and operational leadership teams, you will help shape the occupational therapy provision at Active Neuro Manchester, contributing to service development, clinical pathways, quality improvement and the delivery of excellent outcomes for our clients.

As Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist, you will provide clinical and professional leadership to the occupational therapy service, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based and person-centred neurological rehabilitation. You will maintain your own clinical caseload while providing specialist assessment, advice and treatment, and will play an important role in ensuring consistency and quality across assessment, rehabilitation planning, goal setting, outcome measurement and clinical documentation.

You will also have responsibility for supporting and developing the occupational therapy team, providing clinical supervision, guidance, training and mentorship to junior therapists, Therapy Assistants and students as appropriate. Working as an integral member of the interdisciplinary team, you will contribute to team meetings, client reviews and service development, helping to establish collaborative ways of working across the service.

As part of a new service, you will have the opportunity to influence how occupational therapy is delivered from the beginning. You will contribute to the development of clinical pathways, evidence-based practice and innovative approaches to rehabilitation, including the use of rehabilitation technology, while helping to establish the standards, processes and culture that will underpin the service as it grows.

We are looking for someone who combines strong clinical expertise with clinical leadership and a passion for service development. You will have significant experience within neurological rehabilitation, be confident working autonomously with complex clients and have experience supporting or supervising other clinicians. You will be committed to evidence-based practice, outcome measurement and continuous professional development, with the ability to share your knowledge and positively influence the wider team.

You will also be someone who thrives in a new and developing environment. The ability to work collaboratively, identify opportunities for improvement and contribute to the development of new ways of working will be important, as will your commitment to creating a high-quality experience for clients, their families and the wider multidisciplinary team.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to have a genuine impact: to help establish a new occupational therapy service, shape its clinical approach and culture, and contribute to the development of Active Neuro Manchester as a leading specialist rehabilitation provider in the region.

If you are an ambitious and experienced Occupational Therapist who is excited by the opportunity to help create, develop and lead something new, we would love to hear from you.

About You:

• HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with relevant professional qualifications.
• Significant post-registration experience in neurological rehabilitation, ideally working with clients with complex neurological conditions, spinal injuries and/or polytrauma.
• Experience of working within a case management model.
• Demonstrable experience of clinical leadership, supervision or mentoring of Occupational Therapists and/or support staff.
• Experience managing a complex clinical caseload and working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong knowledge and application of evidence-based neurological rehabilitation, including assessment, treatment planning, goal setting and outcome measurement.
• Experience contributing to service development, quality improvement or the implementation of new clinical pathways/practices.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with clients, families and the wider MDT.
• A genuine interest in developing a new service and establishing high standards of clinical practice from the outset.

We want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

At Active Care Group we want everyone to feel welcome and supported. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment or interview process, just let us know and we’d be very happy to discuss this with you.

Our Benefits

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Benefits Hub giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
• ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

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