Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Surgery, Cancer & Renal

Thank you for your interest in this exciting role, as Clinical Lead Therapist for the Surgery, Caner and Renal Therapies team. We are seeking a high performing clinician and leader passionate about improving the lives of our patients. This important role will oversee and clinically direct the fantastic team of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and therapy assistants working at our Churchill and John Radcliffe sites.

This role brings together therapists working in a range of specialities under one clinical leadership and a structure that will enable a discrete strategic and operational focus.

·         To provide clinical expertise, effective leadership and service management to therapists working within the Churchill and Vascular, Emergency Surgery and Gastro Therapies teams.  

·         To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of clinical practice

·         To deliver advanced knowledge, skills and clinical expertise in cancer and/or surgical and or renal/urology rehabilitation.

·         To nurture and maintain a culture of delivering high quality therapy and rehabilitation services underpinned by robust evidence and delivered within the means of the department.

·         To lead the service and its staff, ensuring that professional and organisational standards are upheld.

·         To be responsible for clinical governance and performance of the service, reporting directly to the Head of Therapies office.

·         To be an integral part of the senior leadership and management structure within Therapies CSU and actively contribute to the department’s programme of work aiming to continuously improve the quality and efficacy of therapy services.

·         To work as an integral part of relevant clinical Directorates, working collaboratively with the clinical and managerial leaders and contributing to the strategic and operational objectives of the respective department.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.