HCRG Care Group is seeking an experienced and motivated Band 7 Integrated Therapies Team Lead / Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic team. This exciting full-time opportunity will allow you to contribute to a service focused on providing high-quality care and therapy for children and young people across Wiltshire. As the Team Lead, you will manage a complex caseload while leading and developing the team to ensure the effective delivery of our integrated therapy services. You will be based at one of our three Wiltshire hubs (Chippenham, Trowbridge or Salisbury). This role requires travel across the locality when required meaning a UK driving license and access to a car for work purposes. Package DescriptionAs an Integrated Therapies Team Lead, Children’s Occupational Therapist, Band 7, you’ll be part of our valued team in one of Wiltshire hubs (Chippenham, Trowbridge or Salisbury). You will feel valued as a Integrated Therapies Team Lead, Children’s Occupational Therapist, Band 7 within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £46,148 - £52,809 Band 7 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditionsFree tea, coffee, and milk at your base location Plentiful on site-parkingMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each yearThe pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality CommissionMain ResponsibilitiesLead the delivery of paediatric occupational therapy in a variety of settings including clinics, schools, and patient homes.Communicate effectively with children, families, and multi-disciplinary teams to set joint therapy goals and ensure understanding of conditions.Formulate and implement individual treatment plans, utilizing evidence-based practices.Provide clinical supervision and peer support to junior staff and team members.Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and families, adhering to local policies and procedures.Manage and prioritise your caseload efficiently, ensuring that clinical priorities and time management are optimized.Oversee day-to-day operational management, coordinating with other senior staff and the Professional Lead.Ensure a high standard of clinical care and contribute to team meetings, service planning, and management of waiting lists.Provide ongoing supervision, training, and support to junior staffDevelop and promote effective working relationships across agencies and professionals to enhance service delivery.Ensure effective use of departmental resources, in line with budgetary constraints and service needs.Support the Professional Lead in managing staffing allocation and other financial responsibilities.Use evidence-based practice and participate in audits/research projects to inform service delivery.Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with CQC standardsFor a full list of responsibilities please see attached job description The Ideal CandidateDegree in Occupational TherapyRegistered with Health and Care Professions Council.Excellent knowledge of paediatric therapyEvidence of own professional developmentProven experience of supervisory role at Band 6 or above.Management experience/ trainingLeadership training/experienceA UK driving license and access to a car for work purposes is required for this roleFor a full list of responsibilities please see attached job description About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
