Job summary
- Main area
- Community Services- Care Home Support
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
- Job ref
- 343-7111376-FM-AG-A
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Green Wrythe Lane Health Centre
- Town
- Sutton
- Closing
- 09/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Occupational Therapist for Care Homes in Sutton
Band 7
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
The Care Home Support Team provides treatment and care for a wide range of healthcare needs for residents in Care Homes within the London Borough of Sutton. We pride ourselves on having a highly dedicated team and offer a stimulating dynamic working environment with a wide range of staff benefits and development opportunities. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
Our vision is to promote independence and health; delivering a high quality excellent coordinated care that is patient centred and to provide care within the heart of the patient’s community. This is achieved through leadership, clinical excellence, self-care and personalisation for our patients care.
Main duties of the job
Sutton Community Health and Care is looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and innovative Band 7 Occupational Therapist with experience in Health and Social Care to complement our Care Home Support team. This role aims to support the review of resident’s mobility regarding activities of daily living, with the formulation of robust plans to support the resident maintaining levels of independence where able.
· To have clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning for people referred into the service
· Will be required to work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary care team
· The clinical caseload will comprise of adult clients with physical and cognitive difficulties within the community and/or bed-based settings
· To provide supervision and leadership to other therapists and care home assistants within the team
· To assist in the overall development and management of Occupational Therapy across the service
· To collaborate with colleagues across own and other community teams, acute teams, GPs, social services and voluntary sector to optimise patients’ journey, care, wellbeing and outcomes.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.
The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCP Registration
- Significant post registration experience, some of which demonstrable in acute or community setting
- Leadership and Management skills
- In absence of community experience appreciation of constraints to working in the community
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification in relevant subject
- Fieldwork Educators Course
- BAOT member
Essential
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate on-going CPD and the use of evidence based practice
- Ability to manage own caseload and manage time effectively
- Comprehensive knowledge of equipment
- Ability to conduct training/teaching in services
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of working in the care home system and knowledge of Care Home Regulations
- Using EMIS clinical system
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Webber
- Job title
- Head of Community Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07966586812
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