Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist

This is an exciting part-time opportunity for a proactive and driven Band 7 to enhance our current provision with a particular focus on promoting and developing the OT role within orthopaedic paediatrics, identifying areas for future growth and implementing innovative service improvements.

Are you a people person? Are you interested in progressing your career within the healthcare setting? Are you motivated, enthusiastic and an excellent communicator? If yes, then this may be an ideal opportunity for you to join our friendly and supportive Occupational Therapy team at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Trust.

Due to developments within the paediatric service, we have a new opportunity for an enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join the orthopaedic paediatric team., We would welcome an experienced paediatric occupational therapist with a keen eye for quality improvement and evidence-based care. You will need to have a flexible approach, be resourceful and enthusiastic in demonstrating the impact and added value that Occupational Therapy brings to the pathways. Excellent time management, resilience and prioritisation skills are essential for delivery of an efficient and effective service., Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.