Joint Community Rehabilitation and Falls prevention Service (JCR)
Band 5 Occupational Therapist as per Job Description
Welcome to East Sussex, a place that boasts a beautiful coastline, beaches and the South Downs National Park. Close to Brighton and rail links to London. Come and join our friendly, sociable, experienced team working within an integrated Health and Social Care community rehabilitation service based in Bexhill, covering the Hastings and Rother area.
The Joint Community Rehabilitation and Falls Prevention Service is an integrated, jointly funded service by ASC and the NHS. ESHT provides the rehabilitation, and we work with our ESCC colleagues who provide short term care whilst supporting the client’s rehabilitation programme. JCR is a short-term 7 day service which assesses and treats people within their own homes. Our service aims to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital or long-term care, enable earlier discharges from hospital and promote independence and quality of life. The ability to travel around the county in a timely fashion is essential. Weekends are covered on a rota basis, and at present, includes one weekend day approximately every 8 weeks with a day off during the week.
We are committed to fostering a culture of equality, diversity, and belonging. We actively welcome and encourage applications from individuals belonging to marginalised communities.
You will be part of a friendly, supportive, professional integrated team which includes Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Falls Practitioners, a nurse, podiatrist and Rehabilitation Support Workers, using an inter-professional model of working. We key work and provide rehabilitation to adults with a variety of medical and surgical conditions, and we support palliative care. You will be fully supported to develop your occupational therapy and inter-professional clinical skills, areas of special clinical interest, and there will be the opportunity to develop your supervisory and practice education opportunities depending on your level of experience. We offer regular supervision and training opportunities for professional development.
This post is an excellent opportunity to develop clinical, education, service development and leadership opportunities to effectively transition to a Band 6 OT role.
We encourage you to contact us for an informal chat or visit. We look forward to hearing from you
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us
This advert closes on Thursday 20 Mar 2025
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