Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist Community Therapy Service (Brighton and Hove)
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)
Our multidisciplinary Community Therapy team provide a seven day service:
• A supported discharge 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.
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. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
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 Thursday 26 Dec 2024