Job Title: Deputy Head of Occupational Therapy
Post requires 5 years residency: No
Salary Range: £76,236.77 to £83,790.38
Shift Allowance:
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 10/10/2025
Job Overview
Are you a dynamic and experienced Occupational Therapist ready to make a significant impact on healthcare delivery in Jersey?
We are seeking an exceptional Deputy Head of Occupational Therapy to join our team and play a pivotal role in the operational and clinical management of our Occupational Therapy Adult Services. This is an outstanding opportunity to work alongside the Head of Occupational Therapy in leading service transformation and delivering world-class patient care.
As Deputy Head of Occupational Therapy, you will deputise for the Head of Service and be instrumental in coordinating policies and procedures relating to Clinical Governance and standards of care. You will lead the development of specialist Occupational Therapy services while providing professional expertise across multidisciplinary teams to ensure OT principles are fully integrated within our comprehensive service provision.
Key areas of responsibility are Strategic Leadership & Service Development, Team Management & Professional Development,Clinical Excellence,Quality & Governance.
If you are passionate about Occupational Therapy excellence and have the leadership skills and a proven track record to drive service transformation, we want to hear from you.
Job Purpose
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Attributes and Behaviours
Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
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