Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£49,387 to £56,515 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Cambridge, CB21 5EF
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Sept 2026
Closing date:	12 Oct 2026

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Summary

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. To have a clinical lead responsibility in the service, developing pathways in conjunction with locality and Service Leads. Represent and deputise for the locality team lead as required. To assess, plan and develop specialist OT programmes for patients with complex neurological problems and a wide variety of complex needs. Using expert knowledge, advanced clinical and autonomous decision-making skills, lead the team to manage patients with highly complex and sometimes unstable health needs. Ensure systems are in place to evidence the ward is compliant with care quality commission standards. To work as an autonomous specialist practitioner within the multi-professional Integrated Stroke ESD and Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service. To be responsible for own caseload and undertake specialist assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using advanced, specialist clinical reasoning skills. To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions relating to their physical, functional, psychological and cognitive needs. Provide adaptive equipment, rehabilitation programmes, and work with other OT colleagues to develop recommendations for minor and major adaptations. To be responsible for referring the patient onto other services and agencies to ensure their identified needs are met. To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. *DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

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