Our client is looking for a Lead Occupational Therapist Band 7 to provide senior clinical leadership and strategic direction for the Occupational Therapy service within the school.

Deliver a highly specialist, evidence-based service for children with complex neurodevelopmental needs, ensuring integration across the transdisciplinary team and alignment with organisational strategy, clinical standards, and school goals.

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  J800009277
  Lead Occupational Therapist Band 7 - Permanent
  
• Salary: £47,810 -£54, 710 - Term Time only (salary is paid for 45.6 weeks, same as NHS)
• Hours: 38
  
• Location : Aylesbury

Lead the Occupational Therapy service, shape strategic direction, contribute to senior management decision-making, and develop staff using our OT Competency Framework - all with the backing of a collaborative senior team dedicated to supporting your growth and confidence.

Job Role:

• Manage a specialist caseload of children with complex neurodevelopmental needs
• Model expert clinical reasoning within a transdisciplinary approach
• Embed OT practice into curriculum and daily routines
• Support families through collaborative, strengths-based goal-setting
• Drive clinical governance, quality improvement and evidence-based practice
  

Requirement:

• HCPC registered OT with strong paediatric experience
• Advanced skills in sensory processing, postural management, equipment and participation frameworks
• Confident, compassionate leadership
• Commitment to Pace's values and habits: innovative, child- and family-centred, specialist and aspirational
  

Client offers:

• Low caseload, high-impact work
  
• Deliver meaningful, specialist interventions with time to think, adapt and achieve real outcomes.
  
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  Supportive, family-centred culture
  
• We care deeply about our staff.
• Flexibility, wellbeing and work-life balance are embedded into our approach.
  
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  Specialist, collaborative practice
  
• You'll work closely with a skilled transdisciplinary team across sensory integration, postural management, assistive technology, motor learning and participation-focused programmes.
  
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  Leadership with support
  Lead the Occupational Therapy service, shape strategic direction, contribute to senior management decision-making, and develop staff using our OT
• Competency Framework - all with the backing of a collaborative senior team dedicated to supporting your growth and confidence.
  

Benefits:

• Term time only
• Comprehensive induction and prioritise ongoing training
• Significant opportunities for CPD
• A contributory pension scheme, up to 4%
• Cycle-to-Work scheme
  

If you want to lead a service where your expertise, passion and leadership make a lasting difference-and be supported by a team that genuinely values you-come and join my client.

For a full JD and to apply please contact parul.patel@justot.co.uk