Lead Occupational Therapist - Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Salary £45,054 - £51,558
Are you an experienced paediatric Occupational Therapist looking for a role where your expertise truly transforms lives? With our client, you'll work in a values-led, highly specialist environment that nurtures both children and staff:
Low caseload, high-impact work
Deliver meaningful, specialist interventions with time to think, adapt and achieve real outcomes.
Supportive, family-centred culture
We care deeply about our staff. Flexibility, wellbeing and work-life balance are embedded into their approach.
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.
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.
Your 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
What You Bring
- 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
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 - then for an informal chat and / or further details, please apply online or call (phone number removed)