Clinical Quality Lead (Occupational Therapy) Health and Education


Company:	Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1BW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	12 Nov 2026
Closing date:	12 Dec 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.

Are you an experienced children's therapy professional looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful difference through clinical leadership, service development and quality improvement?

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust (HCT) is seeking an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and experienced Clinical Quality Lead to provide expert clinical leadership in our Children and Young People’s Occupational Therapy team.

This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in shaping and improving services for children and young people within health and education, ensuring that the care we provide is safe, effective, evidence-based and centred around the needs of children and their families.

Working closely with the Specialist Services Manager and Integrated Therapies Operational Leads, you will lead clinical governance, quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives across your designated specialism. You will play a key role in developing clinical pathways, reviewing service performance, implementing best practice and ensuring services consistently meet professional and regulatory standards. This will include supporting the sensory processing pathway and embedding the Experts at hand model.

You will also provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to highly specialist therapists, helping to develop their skills and maintain high standards of practice. The role involves analysing complex service and performance information, leading audits and investigations, identifying opportunities for improvement and working collaboratively with colleagues across health, education and social care.

Building strong relationships with children, families, commissioners and partner organisations will be central to the role. You will champion meaningful involvement, inclusion and anti-racist practice, ensuring that the voices and experiences of those using our services help shape how care is delivered.

We are looking for a registered Occupational Therapist with current HCPC registration and substantial experience within children's therapy services.

You will bring advanced specialist clinical knowledge, demonstrable experience of clinical leadership and people management, and a strong understanding of clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement. You will also have the ability to interpret complex information, influence decision-making, lead service development and manage competing priorities effectively.

Above all, you will share our commitment to delivering high-quality, compassionate and inclusive care for children, young people and their families.

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds and ages

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible - Apply now

HCT will prioritise recruitment of workers living in England under the new immigration rules for care workers effective from 9 April 2025. Employers must first prove that they have attempted to recruit a worker from within England who needs new sponsorship. This ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so.

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You need to apply before the interview takes place.

Whilst it is not a legal requirement, Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

We are committed to supporting flexible working options for staff, wherever possible, and welcome discussions on flexible working patterns to support our staff to maintain a healthy work life balance.

This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Nov 2026

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