Job summary

It’s an exciting time for our Urgent Community Response (UCR) Service as we reintroduce a static therapy workforce into our Urgent Community Response Team in Brighton & Hove.

As part of this, we are looking for Senior Occupational Therapists to join us, so if you’re an ambitious, proactive, and experienced physiotherapist looking to be part of a supportive team and use your skills to provide excellent acute community care, we’d love to hear from you.

This is an amazing opportunity to become a member of the team as a senior OT working together to help patients stay in their homes, making sure they avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting them through the first few critical days after they leave hospital. The focus of this role is delivering essential holistic assessment and treatment to patients with acute, diverse needs across the area.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will use your skills to undertake acute assessment, planning treatment and intervention for patients with a variety of conditions, identifying ongoing needs and making appropriate onward referrals to our partners.

You will be part of the co-ordination of the multidisciplinary team through the allocation of visits. You will also support the clinical and operational leads in the supervision and development of colleagues and can develop your clinical and non-clinical capabilities across the four pillars of practice.

You will need to able to drive with a full UK license due to the geographic area covered by the team.

About us

Why work for us?

  • Positive 2021 NHS Staff Survey results with compassionate culture and leadership, and support for staff wellbeing, scoring highly
  • Rated ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ features by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
  • Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
  • A great variety of working environments, in the community, in patients’ homes and in our community hospitals
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Real Living Wage Employer, with great rates of pay
  • Supportive flexible working patterns such as part time, flexi time, annualised hours etc.
  • Supportive team environments
  • Cost-effective and convenient workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
  • Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
  • Accredited Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
  • Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Date posted

28 February 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

Depending on experience £33,706 – £40,588 Per Annum/Pro Rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

150-TS7911-UCR-C

Job locations

Brighton General Hospital

Brighton

BN2 3EW

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information please see the job description and person specification that is attached.

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. To treat all patients with respect and courtesy, maintaining dignity and respecting individual needs and differences, both physical and cultural. They will be involved inthe 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information please see the job description and person specification that is attached.

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. To treat all patients with respect and courtesy, maintaining dignity and respecting individual needs and differences, both physical and cultural. They will be involved inthe 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Registration

Essential

  • Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy.
  • Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist.
  • Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD and reflective practice relevant to clinical speciality

Desirable

  • Training in student education

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

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

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK)
  • Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role

Desirable

  • Flexible working
  • Access to a vehicle for work purposes
Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Registration

Essential

  • Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy.
  • Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist.
  • Evidence of relevant postgraduate courses / CPD and reflective practice relevant to clinical speciality

Desirable

  • Training in student education

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

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

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK)
  • Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role

Desirable

  • Flexible working
  • Access to a vehicle for work purposes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).