Team Lead Occupational Therapist: Older Persons Mental Health INTERNAL

Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom

6/22/2025

Job Overview

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD

Are you ready to unlock your potential and step into a dynamic leadership role?

Whether you are an experienced Band 6 looking to step into a senior role or simply looking for a new challenge we would love to hear from you!

An exciting and rare opportunity is available for an enthusiastic Band 7 Occupational Therapy Team to join and lead our Occupational Therapy Mental Health services for Older people. The role involves working across Wrexham and Flintshire. You will work under the clinical and operational supervision of the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist for mental health in the East. The post holder will be required to work at a higher level of practice, completing assessments, interventions, and rehabilitation programs to assist recovery and maintain skills. Alongside clinical work, you will manage and lead the Occupational Therapy staff working in inpatient/community mental health services. You will need to have experience in leading/managing/supervising staff, along with experience in leading projects and developing services.

This is an excellent opportunity for a driven individual who is passionate about the value of Occupational Therapy. There is no better time to join this team to build on existing models of care and introduce new ways of working. Please contact us with any questions you may have.

Main duties of the job

• To coordinate and lead the delivery of the Occupational Therapy offer to Older persons mental health services.
• To manage, lead, support, supervise and develop the Older persons Occupational Therapy workforce.
• To support the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist with developing the Occupational Therapy mental health service.
• To work as part of the wider Occupational Therapy service to develop and meet Occupational Therapy professional and service standards.
• To work collaboratively with the MHLD division and relevant partners to support service delivery.
  
  

We offer a proactive, BCUHB wide, mental health Occupational Therapy team who work together to develop clinical skills and effectiveness across mental health Occupational Therapy pathways. We seek to expand the mental health Occupational Therapy provision across all three areas of BCUHB by evaluating service provision, developing business cases and running pilots. The Occupational Therapy service is committed to ‘lifelong learning’ and evidenced based practice. All staff receive support and encouragement to utilise continuing professional development (CPD) and to maintain a CPD portfolio.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.

For further details, contact us for a further discussion about the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

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Desirable criteria

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Experience

Skills

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Desirable criteria

• Meets all desirable criteria as per attached job description/person specification