About this role
Job summary
The postholder will work as a band 6 Occupational Therapist managing a caseload of patients with a variety of conditions and provide occupational therapy assessment to patients in their own home. They will formulate and deliver a specialised treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment and reasoning skills. The post holder will treat all patients with respect and courtesy, maintaining dignity and respecting individual needs and differences, both physical and cultural. They will be involved in the support and supervision of staff across bands 3-5 . They will act as a clinical educator for undergraduate students within own professional area, whilst also receiving and delivering internal training to maintain their own professional development. They will assist the team with service development initiatives, including implementation of competency frameworks.
Main duties of the job
To provide comprehensive manual handling assessment and provision of equipment to patients in their own home. Please see the attached job description for further details.
About us
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Job description Job responsibilities
Community visits to patients in their own home and working as part of a multi- disciplinary team. Please see the attached job description for further details.
Person Specification
relevant experience Essential
minimum 1.5 years relevant experience in community rehabilitation setting
Desirable
minimum of 1.5 years experience of working as occupational therapist in health / social care setting
relevant training Essential
evidence of recent relevant training
Desirable
evidence of recent training
supervising other staff and students Essential
experience of supervising other staff
Desirable
supervising students
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address 3rd Floor Southfield House
11 Liverpool Gardens
Worthing
BN11 1RY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)