Job summary
- Main area
- Community Care
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 150-GM1794-UPC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Crawley & Horsham
- Town
- Crawley
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Therapy Lead - OT
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
The Home First service brings together nurses, paramedics, 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.
You could become part of our exciting service, bringing the unique benefits of a wraparound recovery service from hospital discharge. The principle of the service ensuring that recovery involves working towards the person being as independent as possible through enablement.
We are looking for a Clinical Lead (Therapist) to join us, so if you’re an ambitious, proactive, and experienced therapist 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 post holder will be required to provide Clinical and Professional Leadership, ensuring effective governance for staff working in Home First. They will work with the AHP Head of Service and Professional Leads to ensure staff are clinically competent, services are clinically effective and safe, and an excellent patient experience is delivered. There will be an expectation to embed the principles of interdisciplinary working and cross skilling for all staff, including implementing the competency frameworks. The post holder will be expected to provide specialist clinical advice regarding complex patients as well as providing specialist clinical assessment and intervention for highly complex patients as required. They will work with the AHP Head of Service and Professional Leads in supporting an audit plan in the appropriate clinical area and participate in research as appropriate, to inform future service development. As an active part of the team, the post holder is expected to develop key partnerships, working to ensure effective whole system working, through effective communication and networking with other disciplines and by working across professional boundaries. They will ensure services continue to develop in line with Trust Strategy and act as deputy to the line manager.
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
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
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
For a detailed job description and main responsibilities please see the attached supporting documents.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Currently registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
- Post registration qualification or training to Masters level or equivalent, or be willing to undertake
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Physical assessment course or Masters level module
- Mentoring course or equivalent or Qualified Practice Assessor
- Recognised Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience within clinical case management
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of a consistent pattern of learning from education and training
- Experience working across the boundaries of primary, community and secondary care
Desirable criteria
- Experience of clinical leadership within a service
- Experience of leading service development and change
- Experience of active participation in research
Skilss & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge and skills within clinical area (physio or Occupational Therapy)
- Up to date knowledge of health and social care policy
- Up to date knowledge of Professional code of Conduct
- Up to date knowledge of clinical governance, risk management and clinical audit
- Able to use advanced reasoning and assessment skills in a wide range of approaches to treatments and management of conditions
- Able to analyse complex situations and problem solve as necessary
- Able to direct and co-ordinate programmes of care working autonomously and collaboratively
- Able to advocate for patients to improve their outcomes
- Able to mentor, supervise and develop other professionals
- Able to communicate effectively where barriers or obstacles exist and able to deploy strategies to overcome these
- Able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic health service
- Able to use recognised IT packages e.g. Microsoft Office including Excel
- Able to use IT systems and keyboard skills including accurate data recording skills
- Able to identify the training needs of self and others and to provide relevant and appropriate learning
- Knowledge of team dynamics and strategies to develop high performing teams
- Able to work in partnership and collaboration with other professionals in other services and challenge and negotiate with them as needed
- Able to meet conflicting deadlines, prioritise effectively and manage own and others workload
- Able to manage, diffuse and resolve conflict
- Able to teach patients and carers to participate and manage their own care as appropriate
- Able to monitor, maintain and improve standards of care
- Able to demonstrate a high level of understanding of self and able to identify their own personal limitations and an openness to addressing them
Other
Essential criteria
- Car driver (Valid Driving License for use in the UK)
- Access to a vehicle for work purposes
- An understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
- Willingness to undertake training to develop within the role
Desirable criteria
- Flexible approach to working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ellen Gaine
- Job title
- Operational Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07881 380863
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