Senior Occupational Therapist | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,338 - £44,962 Per Annum/Pro-rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, BN2 3EW |
| Company: | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7224772/150-KB1761-CC |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Community Therapy Team (Including the Community Therapy Hub and our In-reach bedded team).
The vacancy is currently to start in the in-reach beds team - with the opportunity to move into the therapy team in the future.
Our multidisciplinary Community Therapy team provides :
• A service to facilitate timely hospital discharges which will be seen within 2 weeks as our target.
• Short term support for people who require assistance with activities of daily living
• A rehabilitation service, including a range of therapies
• Community rehab for people with long term conditions and frailty
• In-reach team assess and provide rehabilitation programmes to patients that are admitted to established commissioned care home in Brighton & Hove.
• Discharge planning with access visits to facilitate patients to transfer the care from nursing homes to their own homes.
• We cover weekends and bank holidays in the in reach team, but not in the community therapy team.
Calling all registered Occupational Therapists looking to join a forward-thinking team – you could be an essential part of one of our Therapy Hub teams in Sussex!
We are looking for someone (an experienced Band 5 or Band 6) with sound clinical skills to join our Community Therapy team. The post holder will assess, treat and monitor patients with long term conditions and frailty, as well as providing rehabilitation within their own homes. The post holder will need to have experience of working within a variety of clinical settings, particularly the community.
Therapists who have experience of working in teams alongside Band 3 and 4 unregistered staff and enjoys helping others to learn will be beneficial. The posts are advertised as full time 1.0 wte. We will consider applications for any part time hours (at least 0.4 wte)/job sharing or compressed hours.
Due to the domiciliary nature of this post a full UK driving license and access to a car is essential. The post is subject to successful interview, references, DBS clearance and Occupational Health checks.
The post will involve:
• In-reaching to provide rehab and discharge planning in one of our established commissioned care home.
• Include joint patient visits, liaison with staff at all levels, providing feedback and escalating concerns.
• The post will involve working with patients with a wide variety of pathologies and medical conditions
• will involve visiting patients in their own homes
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?
• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
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.
This will include patients who have recently been discharged from hospital and those requiring help to improve their mobility and independence.
You will need to demonstrate good time management and organisational skills and be able to work under your own initiative in a busy environment.
We offer a high standard of in-service training and competency development to gain new skills, along with opportunities for career development. You will be well supported and encouraged to continuously develop your leadership skills through supervision and internal training opportunities and programmes to meet the needs of yourself and the service.
Please contact Ruth Kearton (Therapy Operational Lead for in reach beds) ruth.kearton@nhs.net or 01273 242 117 option 3
This advert closes on Sunday 15 Jun 2025