Band 7

Job summary

It's an exciting time for our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service as we once again introduce a static therapy workforce as part of the MDT.

As part of this, we are looking for a Clinical Lead (Occupational Therapist) to join us, so if you're an ambitious, proactive, and experienced OT looking to take a lead role in a team that provides 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 clinical lead 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 providing clinical and professional leadership and delivering essential holistic assessment and treatment to patients with acute, diverse needs across the area.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you willprovide clinical and professional leadership, ensuring effective governance and clinical support for staff working within the service.

Working with the operational leads you will ensure the clinical effectiveness of the service and the delivery of an excellent patient experience.You will develop key partnerships, working to ensure effective system working through effective communication and networking with other disciplines and by working across professional and service boundaries.

You will be part of the development of the service through reflective practice, clinical supervision, and quality improvement initiatives. Central to this is supporting the principles of interdisciplinary working and cross skilling for all staff supporting each other and learning together.

You will use yourspecialist clinical assessment and intervention skills for complex patients and provide clinical advice and support to colleagues to enable individual and team development. You will be responsible for staff management, supervision, and development, including shift coordination, allocation of visits, and the performance development reviews of members of the team.

You will need to able to drive with a full UK license 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