Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Occupational Therapist Clinical Lead (Internal)

The closing date is 27 July 2025

Job summary

Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Adult Neurodevelopmental Service (Band 7)

Are you a passionate and experienced Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in leadership? Join our dynamic multidisciplinary team as a Band 7 Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering specialist neurodevelopmental care for adults.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled clinician to contribute to the diagnostic process, lead service innovation, and champion high-quality occupational therapy interventions within a forward-thinking neurodevelopmental pathway.

Main duties of the job

  • Specialist Clinical Role: Provide expert occupational therapy assessment, intervention, and contribute within an MDT to the diagnosis of adults with neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., Autism, ADHD).

  • Leadership & Development: Lead the strategic planning, prioritisation, and continuous improvement of occupational therapy services within a multidisciplinary setting.

  • Team Management: Supervise and support designated OT staff, ensuring the delivery of evidence-based, person-centred care.

  • Service Innovation: Collaborate with senior leadership to drive quality improvement, uphold professional standards, and embed values-based approaches across the service.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

  • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
  • excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
  • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
  • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
  • wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
  • staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Details

Date posted

11 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

444-7302596-LD

Job locations

Wayside House

Coventry

CV6 6NY


Job description

Job responsibilities

As this role involves travel to training venues and meetings at other service bases, it is essential that you have access to a car and can travel around the county as required (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Job description

Job responsibilities

As this role involves travel to training venues and meetings at other service bases, it is essential that you have access to a car and can travel around the county as required (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Person Specification

Other

Essential

  • Must be internal
  • Meets requirements as per person spec
Person Specification

Other

Essential

  • Must be internal
  • Meets requirements as per person spec

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Wayside House

Coventry

CV6 6NY


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Wayside House

Coventry

CV6 6NY


Employer's website

https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Lead and Occupational Therapist

Lisa Whitley

lisa.whitley@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

11 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

444-7302596-LD

Job locations

Wayside House

Coventry

CV6 6NY


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