Job summary
- Main area
- Rotational Occupational Therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Work pattern is dependent on rotation)
- Job ref
- 150-KB2095-CC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southfield House
- Town
- Worthing
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Rotational Occupational Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
We look forward to welcoming you as a newly qualified or currently practising OT. Do you want to be part of a supportive, friendly and dynamic team dedicated to providing executional care
You will gain a balance of physical health community and hospital-based working in settings working with specialists where you will gain experience and receive full support. You will have the opportunity to enjoy an in-depth learning experience working with caseloads of patients within an MDT. We encourage development of core OT skills within a supportive environment. We are committed to your growth with a strong focus on teaching and development including regular in-service training, protected CPD time and a Band 6 led band 5 peer support group.
Main duties of the job
Staff are encouraged to develop their full potential as we understand the transition from student to practitioner can be challenging and we are dedicated to developing your full potential. We believe in a healthy work-life balance and offer flexibility to accommodate your personal and professional needs.
We work collaboratively to create a nurturing and inclusive environment where both patients and staff can thrive.
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
WE recognise that band 5's bring innovation and dynamism to our clinical teams and are keen to work with you.
In this role you will be involved in:
• Delivering of high quality, individualised, evidenced-based care to all patients.
• Learning, developing, and adapting to change evidenced in CPD.
• Operating in a team and contributing to team decisions
• Managing own caseload and prioritising
• Teaching of patients, carers and peers
The rotation is developing and will include mental health opportunities at a later date
Join a team where collaboration and mutual support are at the forefront.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification such as a degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist
Desirable criteria
- Up to date CPD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant postgraduate or undergraduate experience in the clinical field
Desirable criteria
- Experience within specialism underpinned by theory and specific therapeutic knowledge
- Experience of using assessment tools relevant to client group
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for individuals
- Promotes choice and independence in undertaking patient care
- Good communication and negotiation skills
- Good numeracy, literacy and IT skills
- Knowledge of Professional code of conduct
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of boundaries of role
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and development with documented evidence of CPD
- Ability to travel for work purposes
Desirable criteria
- Ability to plan and prioritise a caseload efficiently
- Knowledge of clinical governance, clinical audit, risk management and clinical supervision
- Identifies difficulties as challenges and works with others to identify solutions
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
- Melanie Henson
- Job title
- Operational Therapy Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557205752
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