Clinical Lead - Occupational Therapist
Band 7
Job overview
At Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) we believe in excellent care at the heart of the community.
Are you a dynamic, resourceful leader who would like to contribute to a fast moving and dynamic service?
We are looking to recruit an Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead within the Worthing Community Therapy Team to provide clinical and professional leadership for the Occupational Therapy staff.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dynamic forward thinking AHP team, passionate about providing therapy rehabilitation to our patients in the community. You will be well supported in the team and encouraged to expand and develop your leadership skills through supervision and internal training opportunities, to meet the needs of yourself and the service to promote clinical excellence.
The service area covered includes Chichester Bognor Regis, Midhurst, Petworth, Selsey, Witterings so being a car driver is essential.
Flexible working will be required as the service covers 8am to 6pm.
Main duties of the job
Occupational Therapy Clinical Lead:
* Provide professional Leadership to the Occupational Therapists in the team.
* To support the Leadership team in service development and ensuring clinical excellence.
* To be part of the Leadership teams daily responsibility for work allocation and triage.
* To support and implement service change and development.
* To provide regular supervision and complete PDR's for staff.
* To ensure all staff are up to date in their competencies.
* To hold an active caseload of complex patients.
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
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
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will deliver complex clinical care to patients in the community and support other staff with their own caseloads. You will need an excellent and wide-ranging knowledge of a variety of conditions.
You will support colleagues with mentoring, coaching and teaching. The emphasis will be on providing clinical leadership in order to support community patients to maximise their independence and achieve their goals.
You will also provide specialist support to therapy colleagues and work closely with the other clinical and operational leads for therapy services and members of the wider multidisciplinary team, ensuring seamless care for patients going in and out of hospital.
We are looking for someone with excellent interpersonal skills, a demonstrable dedication to personal development and a commitment to providing high quality care to a range of patients with differing needs.
Person specification
Qualification
* Occupational Therapy qualification at degree or equivalent
* HCPC registration
* Evidence of continuing prof development
* Evidence of leadership education/ development or a willingness to undertake this
Experience
* Evidence of working in a community environment
* Evidence of teaching / health promotion
* Experience of working in a MDT in a ward/ beds setting
* Significant experience of supervision provision
* Evidence of a consistent pattern of learning from education and training
* Experience working across the boundaries of primary, community and secondary care
* Experience of clinical leadership within a service
* Experience of leading service development and change
* Experience of active participation in research
Skills
* Evidence of prioritisation in clinical setting and demonstrates ability to delegate to others
* Able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic health service
* Able to communicate effectively where barriers or obstacles exist and able to deploy strategies to overcome these
* Able to mentor, supervise and develop other professionals
* Able to teach patients and carers to participate and manage their own care as appropriate
* Able to meet conflicting deadlines, prioritise effectively and manage own and others workload
* Able to work in partnership and collaboration with other professionals in other services and challenge and negotiate with them as needed
* Able to use IT systems and keyboard skills including accurate data recording skills
* Able to use recognised IT packages e.g. Microsoft Office including Excel
* Knowledge of Clinical governance, risk management and clinical audit.
Other Requirements
* Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK) unless under Equality Act
* Access to a vehicle for work purposes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Contact
Name: Kate Woods
Job title: Team Lead Community Therapy Team South
Email: kate.woods1@nhs.net
Telephone: 07747717175
Additional contact information:
Sandra (Sandi) Trigg
Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist
Bicentennial Building, Southern Gate, Chichester, PO19 8EZ
CTT Tel: 01243 793602
Mobile: 07387 258537
sandra.trigg@nhs.net
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