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Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Lead Occupational Therapist to work in Surrey on a full-time basis.

The salary for this permanent Lead Occupational Therapist job is £43,742 - £50,056 per annum.

Benefits:

Generous annual leave starting at 25 days, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 28 days based on length of service.
Comprehensive pension plan and life assurance coverage.
Health cashback scheme, including reimbursement for optical, dental, and various therapy treatments.
Exclusive shopping discounts through.
Access to a dedicated employee assistance program for support and wellbeing.
Complimentary on-site parking.
Main Duties:

Leadership and Culture: Lead the QEF Care and Rehabilitation Centre Occupational Therapy team, fostering an inclusive, supportive, professional, and progressive culture focused on delivering high-quality, safe, and person-centered care.
Daily Operations: Manage the day-to-day organisation of the Occupational Therapy services, ensuring clients receive timely, appropriate, and effective treatment and discharge planning.
Autonomous Practice: Conduct comprehensive assessments of clients with neurological injuries, illnesses, and impairments, including complex cases, to develop problem lists and holistic treatment plans.
Clinical Reasoning: Use advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice, current NICE guidelines, and clinical expertise to determine appropriate rehabilitation programs and discharge/continuing care plans.
Team Oversight: Oversee the quality and efficiency of the OT team's clinical resources, providing support to less experienced OTs.
Clinical Caseload: Manage your own designated clinical caseload of clients and maintain up-to-date professional documentation according to professional and departmental standards.
Client Monitoring: Assess and monitor clients to progress them through their rehabilitation, aiming for optimal recovery and retrieval of physical and cognitive function.
Report Writing: Effectively complete required reports for discharge or funding purposes.
Supervision and Management: Supervise, teach, and manage junior Occupational Therapy staff, including assistants and students.

Requirements of the Lead Occupational Therapist:

Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy.
Additional training or qualifications relevant to neuro-rehabilitation.
Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Post-qualification experience in working with physical disabilities and neurological rehabilitation.
Experience in managing complex physical conditions.
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This Lead Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Ryan Mann; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement