Urgent Community Response - Senior Occupational Therapist
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Lewes
- Salary
- Depending on experience £32,306 - £39,027 Per Annum/Per Rata
- Closing date
- 31 Jan 2023
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- Sector
- Healthcare
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
Job summary
It's an exciting time for our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service as we expand into the High Weald, Lewes, and the Havens (HWLH) area. We are recruiting to our new teams who will work with patients in their homes across the HWLH communities.
As part of our expansion, we are looking for Senior Occupational Therapists to join us, so if you're an ambitious, proactive, and experienced occupational therapist looking to be part of a supportive team and use your skills to provide excellent acute community care, we'd love to hear from you.
This is an amazing opportunity to become a member of the team as a senior occupational therapist working together to help patients stay in their homes, making sure they avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting them through the first few critical days after they leave hospital. The focus of this role is delivering essential holistic assessment and treatment to patients with acute, diverse needs across the area.
We are a multidisciplinary team working flexibly to provide a seven-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm. We deliver:
- A rapid response to people in the community who are experiencing acute episodes of ill-health.
- A supported discharge service to facilitate timely hospital discharges.
- Acute reablement for up to 10 days, supporting people to achieve functional goals and work towards independence with activities of daily living.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will use your skills to undertake acute assessment, planning treatment and intervention for patients with a variety of conditions, identifying ongoing needs and making appropriate onward referrals to our partners.
You will be part of the co-ordination of the multidisciplinary team through the allocation of visits. You will also support the clinical and operational leads in the supervision and development of colleagues and can develop your clinical and non-clinical capabilities across the four pillars of practice.
You will need to able to drive with a full UK licence due to the geographic area covered by the team.
About us
Why work for us?
- Positive 2021 NHS Staff Survey results with compassionate culture and leadership, and support for staff wellbeing, scoring highly
- Rated 'Good' with 'Outstanding' features by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
- A great variety of working environments, in the community, in patients' homes and in our community hospitals
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Real Living Wage Employer, with great rates of pay
- Supportive flexible working patterns such as part time, flexi time, annualised hours etc.
- Supportive team environments
- Cost-effective and convenient workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
- Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
- Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
Company
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) offers diverse employment opportunities across Sussex.
We employ over 8,400 full time, part time and bank staff, and our expert teams deliver a wide range of medical, nursing and therapeutic care to over 10,000 people a day, serving a total population of 1.3 million.
Why join our #CommunityThatCares at SCFT?
- Flexible working patterns offered across our services
- Ongoing training and development tailored to your needs
- Excellent research opportunities
- BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
- Level 3 Disability Confident Leader
- Free health and wellbeing checks for all staff
- Workplace nurseries rated Good and Outstanding by Ofsted
SCFT is an inclusive employer that promotes equality and challenges discrimination, and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. Applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, disabled candidates and LGBT+ candidates are particularly encouraged, to ensure the Trust’s workforce reflects the diverse communities it serves.
Contact our friendly Recruitment team on 01273 242227 or sc-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
Check out our latest video, showing what it’s like to be an Allied Health Professional with us.....
- Website
- http://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us
- Telephone
- 01273 696011
- Location
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Glynde Building
Brighton General Hospital
Elm Grove
Brighton
East Sussex
BN2 3EW
GB
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