Acute Occupational Therapy Lead and Therapy Manager

A Vacancy at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust as the Acute Occupational Therapy Lead. Occupational Therapy is integral to the acute care environment, supporting patients to have a smooth and positive experience throughout their inpatient stay and transition beyond discharge. Our Occupational Therapists work closely alongside physiotherapy colleagues, the wider multidisciplinary team, and community partners.

The service operates across two hospital sites and covers a broad range of clinical areas, including respiratory, cardiac, elderly care, general medicine, renal, and surgical services.

We are looking for a motivated and dedicated individual with both clinical and managerial experience who is enthusiastic about developing the service in a professional lead role. You will work collaboratively within a supportive therapies management team. This position would suit someone stepping into their first management role as well as those with prior experience at this level.

Please do get in touch for an informal conversation about the role.

To provide a high quality and responsive patient focused service to the patients of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust resulting in good evidenced based outcomes.

The acute therapy Service achieves this through providing assessment, diagnosis and effective treatment and management of patients accessing Occupational Therapy services in Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital and enabling access to community and other services for patients with Occupational Therapy requirements.

To reduce length of stay, reduce duplication, increase response rates and single assessment processes across the patient pathway

To be the Professional Lead for acute Occupational Therapy

To operationally lead and develop Acute Occupational Therapy services on the acute sites for adults and support paediatric services where required.

Acute Therapy services comprise the following teams

• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Dietetics
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Admin Team

The post holder is will have primary operational responsibility for Occupational Therapy. However it is expected that the post holder will work closely with the other Acute Therapy Managers and professional leads to provide cross cover for each other as required.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

This advert closes on Thursday 28 May 2026