Team Lead Occupational Therapist- Surgical Therapy Team
Directorate: Cancer and Core clinical services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 7
Salary: £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
Interview Date: 4th September 2025
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join the acute therapy team at Medway NHS Foundation Trust as the Occupational Therapy team lead for Surgical Therapy team.
You will be jointly managing alongside the Physiotherapy counterpart an integrated team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapist and Therapy assistants
Your team will be working as part of an MDT including therapy staff, nurses, CSW's, Doctors and more to ensure that our patients receive the highest quality of care.
We are looking for a candidate who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the best of care by the best of people. They must have the drive to take us forward , by ensuring that the trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
For further information or an informal conversation about the role please contact Zara Elenkova - Professional lead Occupational Therapist
[email protected]As a Team Lead Occupational Therapist, you will need to be motivated and enthusiastic with a broad range of acute hospital experience, demonstrable leadership skills with the ability to contribute to service development.
You will get an opportunity to develop your managerial and supervisory skills providing supervision to rotational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and Students. CPD is encouraged and supported.
We offer in-service training, peer groups, robust mandatory training in addition to many interesting courses run by the trust. External training is also supported where appropriate. The team provides robust Speciality specific training and upskills team members through area specific competencies.
Our values are
Bold,
Every Person Counts,
Sharing and Open and
Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared
vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy –
Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our
Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST Values Underpin Patient First And Are At The Core Of The Care We Give To Our Patients, The Support We Offer To Our Staff And Our Overall Leadership Approach
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Zara Elenkova Job title: Professional Lead Occupational Therapist Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01634 825247
Zara Elenkova -
[email protected]01634 825247
