Occupational Therapist
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist to provide therapy to patients in the community and support other staff with patient caseloads. The role requires excellent and wide-ranging knowledge of a variety of health conditions, and strong interpersonal skills, commitment to high quality care, and a dedication to personal development.
Key responsibilities
* Provide occupational therapy to patients in the community setting.
* Give professional occupational therapy advice and guidance to other team members.
* Support leadership in service development and ensuring clinical excellence.
* Participate in work allocation and triage, and support service change and development.
* Provide regular supervision and complete appraisals for staff.
* Maintain up-to-date clinical competencies and supervisees’ competence.
* Manage an active caseload of patients.
Why work for us?
* Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing.
* Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes and bases across Sussex.
* Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement.
* Excellent training, development and research opportunities.
* Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton.
* Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks.
* Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust.
* Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast.
Our values
Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. Reasonable adjustments are supported during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Contact
Name: Sandi Trigg
Job title: Clinical Lead - Community Therapy Team
Email: sandra.trigg@nhs.net
Telephone: 01243 793602
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Part‑time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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