Lead Occupational Therapist

Job Details

Come and join one of the UK's largest providers in complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

Are you ready to take your expertise in neurorehabilitation to the next level and help shape a pioneering service? Our Birmingham centre is transitioning to Active Neuro, the newly launched division of Active Care Group, providing specialist rehabilitation for adults across the UK living with neurological conditions caused by injury, illness, or disease. We are dedicated to helping every person we support feel safe, happy, and empoweredenabling them to live their best possible life.

Active Neuro has made significant investments in refurbishing the service and introducing state-of-the-art robotic technology, including the Luna EMG Premium and the ExoMotus M4, giving therapists the tools to deliver intensive, goal-oriented rehabilitation tailored to each individual. Here, recovery is not just about restoring functionit's about rebuilding independence, confidence, and quality of life.

We support NHS, private, and medicolegal clients, and unlike many services, we are not limited by short timeframes. This enables longer-term, meaningful goal settingwhether that's returning to hobbies, social activities, creative pursuits, or everyday life tasks. We are also expanding into outpatient pathways, ensuring continuity of care for those who no longer require inpatient rehabilitation, and offering support to the wider community.

As our Lead Occupational Therapist, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the servicedeveloping clinical pathways, introducing innovative approaches, and inspiring a multidisciplinary team. We value your expertise and creativity, giving you the freedom to contribute ideas, influence service development, and help drive innovation. You'll also benefit from strong peer support, cross-site collaboration, and partnerships with organisations such as Headway and the Spinal Injuries Association, alongside personalised CPD opportunities and access to conferences and networking events.

If you are passionate about making a tangible difference, leading a team, and delivering holistic, person-centred care, this is your chance to be at the forefront of neurorehabilitation in the UK.

Please note: this advert will close once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

The Role:

Our standard working hours are 37.5 per week, typically worked Monday to Friday. As the service continues to develop, there will be an expectation to transition to a 7-day working model.

We recognise the importance of maintaining a healthy worklife balance, so if you require flexibility to suit your personal or professional commitments, we encourage an open conversationwe'll always aim to accommodate individual needs wherever possible.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and manage the Occupational Therapy team, ensuring effective delivery of the highly specialist Occupational Therapy serviceWork as an autonomous practitioner to plan and prioritise a complex clinical caseloadWork closely with clients and their family/carers to encourage participation in the therapeutic processProvide supervision, teaching, and appraisal for junior occupational therapists, assistants, students and other members of the multi-disciplinary teamContribute to the planning, development, and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy serviceDevelop Occupational therapy Treatment programmes in collaboration with clients, carers and other involved professionals (e.g. Therapeutic Rehabilitation Assistant, Support Workers) to be carried out as appropriateParticipating in clinical audit, clinical risk and quality issues, including the management and reporting of incidentsEnsure a high level of communication with internal and external stakeholdersParticipate in the process of positively supporting and inspiring colleagues within the service to improve standards and quality and to develop professional practiceKeep people safe from harm and protect their human rights

About you:

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate professional who:

Is HCPC registeredBrings extensive experience in neurological rehabilitation or related complex care settingsDemonstrates strong leadership skills, inspiring and motivating a multidisciplinary teamIs passionate about innovation and delivering outstanding, life-changing outcomes for our clients
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident employer.

What to look forward to:

25 days plus bank holidaysBirthday offJoin the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities Benefits Hub giving discounts and savings on your weekly shopFree 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer adviceA salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticiansWe recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programmeEnhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you knowand, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group