Job summary
- Main area
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- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (HIT, JCR, UCR work weekends)
- Job ref
- 374-KN1912-C
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- EDGH
- Town
- Eastbourne
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
B6 Specialist Rotation Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 7,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
In the summer of 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ (BFF) programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to redevelop and expand our hospitals at Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Our vision is to deliver high quality care and experience for our patients, communities and colleagues.
Our strategic objectives:
Quality: Delivering safe care; always improving outcomes and experience for patients.
People: Fostering a positive culture; living our values; helping our teams feel equipped to deliver.
Sustainability: Always searching for the best way to use our resources for clinical, workforce and financial outcomes.
Job overview
Come and join our friendly, sociable, experienced teams working within the Joint Community Rehabilitation Service (JCR), Integrated Discharge Team (IDT) EDGH, Hospital Intervention Team (HIT) EDGH, and UCR (Urgent Care Response) EDGH.
The Joint Community Rehabilitation and Falls Prevention Service is a short-term 7 day service which assesses and treats people within their own homes. The team, uses an inter-professional model of working and aims to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital or long-term care, enable earlier discharges from hospital and promote independence and quality of life. We key work and provide rehabilitation to adults with a variety of medical and surgical conditions. Weekends are covered on a rota basis.
The Hospital Intervention Team is part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and is based in the Emergency Department, the Clinical Decision Unit and the Acute Medical Unit. The aim of the service is to facilitate a timely discharge from these wards, and involves working as part of a 7 day rota.
The Integrated Discharge Team is part of a MDT and based on an acute ward. The service aims to assess clients on the ward and to make decisions regarding the help they require to return home (as per the National Guidance on Pathways – Discharge to Assess model).
Main duties of the job
To undertake holistic assessments, key work individual cases and provide specific Occupational Therapy intervention as required
To manage a clinical caseload, undertaking specialist clinical Occupational Therapy, including complex work requiring particular expertise or ability.
To participate as part of an integrated team; providing Occupational Therapy advice to other colleagues within the team
To support the Team Lead with service development, helping to implement policy changes and to set and monitor standards of practice.
To participate in health promotion and education of staff, clients and families
Working for our organisation
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available from only £30 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc / MSc in Occupational therapy
- Current registration with HCPC.
- Postgraduate qualification or evidence
Desirable criteria
- Specialist postgraduate training
- Practice Student Educator
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad range of Band 5 rotations
- Experience of training/supervision.
- Experience of multi-professional working
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Acute setting
- Experience in community setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of CPD in previous year.
- Knowledge of client centred practice.
- Knowledge of client centred practice. Awareness of clinical governance and understanding of the NHS and challenges facing service delivery.
Desirable criteria
- Specialist client group knowledge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lynn Leppard
- Job title
- Professional Lead Occupational Therapist
- Telephone number
- 07825 861378
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