Job Description

Job Overview

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

As Clinical Lead for Occupational Therapy in planned care, you will be responsible for the operational and professional leadership of the Occupational therapists within our neighbourhood mental health teams and our forensic community team.



These teams provide occupational therapy assessment and treatment in our community settings across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.



The role is also key in supporting our transformation and development of services across planned care considering areas where having occupational therapy could make a difference and working with the Lead Allied Health Professional to develop proposals and workforce plans to enhance the occupational therapy offer.


The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.


We also offer:

A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days Free onsite parking Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance Health and Wellbeing Support

Contact Details:

Rebecca Colledge, rebecca.colledge2@nhs.net, 07554 330717

Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

The role will include direct line management of a group of Occupational Therapy leads. You will have authority and oversight for recruitment, appraisals, training and performance management.


As part of the role you will identify clinical priorities at both operational and strategic level for occupational therapy ensuring the highest standards of clinicial and professional practice through professional leadership, clinical supervision, mentorship and practice development.


You will lead the development of Occupational Therapy across the Directorate of mental health to enable continuous quality improvement in service provision


You will undertake indirect and if required direct clinical work at a high level of expertise in complex situations.


You will be responsible for the management of staff and be a budget holder for a number of cost centres

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us


Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.


We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.


Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.


We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.


For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).


All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.


For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.


Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.