# Occupational Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** Bexhill Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Occupational Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 5 months (secondment opportunity)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 23.5 hours per week (May include some weekend working)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-01T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16T07:50:38.492Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/BexhillonSea/East_Sussex_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/JCR/JCR-v8266209
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8266209?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.esht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This is a Fixed Term/Secondment opportunity to work as part of a friendly inter-professional team in the Hastings & Rother area. Independently managing a caseload, which will include routine and complex cases who require rehabilitation in the community setting. To supervise Band 5; Band 4 and Band 3 staff. To participate in the education of other professionals or other disciplines.

### Main duties of the job

### To provide a holistic assessment to clients with diverse or complex presentations, working within the community as part of an inter-professional team. To provide specific occupational therapy intervention as required. To key work individual cases as appropriate.

### To provide occupational therapy advice to other colleagues within the team. To participate as a member of the team. To manage a clinical caseload. To support service improvement and delivery within the team. To participate in health promotion and education of staff, clients and families.

### 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.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to verbalise the clinical reasoning process in the management of routine cases.
- Motivated to work flexibly within an inter-professional framework.
- Evidence of ability to use own initiative within boundaries of role.

### Experience

**Essential**

- 2 years rotational Band 5 experience.
- Experience of training/supervision.
- Experience of multi-professional working.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- BSc / MSc in Occupational therapy.
- Current registration with HCPC.
- Postgraduate qualification or evidence of relevant post-qualification professional development

## Documents

- [jhf (pdf, 872.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580626)
- [job description (pdf, 216.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580625)
- [guidance for applicants - afc (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=672)

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