# Senior Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/080f94d2-1e9c-4018-86c6-d6fe9ce2ec8c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/080f94d2-1e9c-4018-86c6-d6fe9ce2ec8c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Brighton - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-29T10:13:26.129Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Sussex/Chichester/Sussex_Community_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Professionals/Allied_Health_Professionals-v8044950 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8044950?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Do you want to be part of a dynamic and evolving service? Join us at this exciting time in our new and evolving Home First Teams and make a difference every day! The Home First service brings together nurses, therapists, health and therapy assistants, to work with the acute Multi-Disciplinary Team & Transfer of Care Hubs to promote an efficient, effective discharge from hospital to the patient’s own home. Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm. Patients who are discharged from hospital into Home First will be receiving step-down intermediate care, involving community-based assessments and interventions provided in their own home to support recovery and monitoring of their health in the early days post discharge to prevent re-admission. Home First will, where required, provide acute reablement for up to 10 days, supporting people to achieve functional goals and work towards independence with activities of daily living. We are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join us, so if you’re an ambitious, proactive, and experienced OT, with an interest in rehabilitation and reablement, looking to take a lead role in a team that provides cutting-edge, excellent community care, we’d love to hear from you! ### Main duties of the job The postholder will work as a band 6 registered professional managing a caseload of patients with a variety of conditions. They will formulate and deliver a generic and specialised treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment and reasoning skills. They will be involved in the support and supervision of staff across bands 2-5 and will act as a clinical educator for undergraduate students within own professional area, whilst also receiving and delivering internal training to keep their own personal development plans up to date. The postholder will take on an audit and evaluation role of the service in which they work. They will assist the team with service development initiatives, including implementation of competency frameworks. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will need to able to drive with a full UK licence and access to a vehicle due to the geographic area covered by the team. Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification. If you would like to discuss this role or find out more, you can contact our Operational Team Lead Rosie Eldridge, 07483 969054, \[email protected\]. ## Job Details Do you want to be part of a dynamic and evolving service? Join us at this exciting time in our new and evolving Home First Teams and make a difference every day! The Home First service brings together nurses, therapists, health and therapy assistants, to work with the acute Multi-Disciplinary Team & Transfer of Care Hubs to promote an efficient, effective discharge from hospital to the patient’s own home. Our multidisciplinary teams work flexibly to provide a 7-day service, 365 days a year, between 8am and 8pm. Patients who are discharged from hospital into Home First will be receiving step-down intermediate care, involving community-based assessments and interventions provided in their own home to support recovery and monitoring of their health in the early days post discharge to prevent re-admission. Home First will, where required, provide acute reablement for up to 10 days, supporting people to achieve functional goals and work towards independence with activities of daily living. We are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join us, so if you’re an ambitious, proactive, and experienced OT, with an interest in rehabilitation and reablement, looking to take a lead role in a team that provides cutting-edge, excellent community care, we’d love to hear from you! ## Job Description The postholder will work as a band 6 registered professional managing a caseload of patients with a variety of conditions. They will formulate and deliver a generic and specialised treatment programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment and reasoning skills. They will be involved in the support and supervision of staff across bands 2-5 and will act as a clinical educator for undergraduate students within own professional area, whilst also receiving and delivering internal training to keep their own personal development plans up to date. The postholder will take on an audit and evaluation role of the service in which they work. They will assist the team with service development initiatives, including implementation of competency frameworks. ## Responsibilities You will need to able to drive with a full UK licence and access to a vehicle due to the geographic area covered by the team. Further information is available in the attached job description and person specification. If you would like to discuss this role or find out more, you can contact our Operational Team Lead Rosie Eldridge, 07483 969054, \[email protected\]. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK) - Access to a vehicle for work purposes - Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role **Desirable** - Other requirements Flexible approach to working ### Experience **Essential** - Substantial relevant post-qualification experience covering a broad range - Experience of working within a relevant specialist area - Experience of interdisciplinary working - Experience of supervising junior staff, assistants and students - Experience of independently managing a clinical caseload - Experience at contributing to audit and evaluation within a clinical governance framework - Experience of a range of caseload management and prioritisation systems - Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge - Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group ### Qualifications **Essential** - Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy. - Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council - Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD and reflective practice relevant to clinical speciality **Desirable** - Training in student education ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Able to demonstrate competency in a range of clinical skills - Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals - Able to plan and prioritise own workload efficiently - Able to delegate work to others - Able to demonstrate leadership in practice - Good numeracy, literacy and IT skills - Promotes choice and independence in undertaking patient care - Able to demonstrate advanced communication and negotiation skills - Able to demonstrate the application of research based practice - Up to date knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the clinical setting - Up to date knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit and risk management - Able to give supervision and appraisal of junior staff - Up to date knowledge of professional code of conduct - Able to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of boundaries of role - Able to demonstrate how to reflect and learn from situations and identify difficulties as challenges to then work with others to identify solutions - Able to demonstrate co-operative team working and awareness of the roles of other professionals - Able to demonstrate a commitment to learning and development with documented evidence of CPD ## Documents - [staff benefits brochure (pdf, 484.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2262) - [easy read application form (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2435) - [senior occupational therapist jd and ps (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10333656) - [about sussex community nhs foundation trust (pdf, 632.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2743) - [applicants guide to the use of generative ai in applications (pdf, 218.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2971) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.