Job summary
Occupational Therapist - Clinical Lead (Band 7) | Intermediate Care UnitsAre you an experienced Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in your career?Do you thrive in a dynamic, supportive environment where patient-centred rehabilitation is the focus? Would you like to develop your leadership skills while continuing to work clinically? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
We are seeking an innovative, enthusiastic, and organised Occupational Therapist to join our Intermediate Care Units (ICUs) at Crawley and Horsham Hospitals as a Clinical Lead. This is an exciting leadership position where you will play a pivotal role in shaping and developing the therapy service, while continuing to deliver hands-on, high-quality clinical care.
Main duties of the job
As a Clinical Lead, you will:o Provide clinical and professional leadership to the therapy team within the ICUso Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, promoting a culture of rehabilitation and patient independenceo Deliver expert, complex occupational therapy assessments and interventions for a varied caseloado Support and supervise staff through mentoring, coaching, and in-service trainingo Lead on service development initiatives, including group activity plans and discharge planningo Champion best practices in rehabilitation and contribute to achieving Trust-wide service delivery targets
About us
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?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Were looking for a passionate Occupational Therapist who: Has extensive experience working with complex rehabilitation and frailty Demonstrates excellent clinical reasoning, leadership, and communication skills Is motivated to lead, inspire, and support a diverse therapy team Embraces change and have a positive, proactive approach to service improvement Enjoys working as part of a collaborative MDT and is committed to delivering high-quality patient care
We will provide:
A friendly, welcoming team environment with strong peer support Opportunities for ongoing professional development through internal and external CPD Protected leadership time to support service development and staff supervision A chance to contribute to the evolution of a forward-thinking Intermediate Care service Access to mentoring, supervision, and leadership development programmes
Job description
Job responsibilities
Were looking for a passionate Occupational Therapist who: Has extensive experience working with complex rehabilitation and frailty Demonstrates excellent clinical reasoning, leadership, and communication skills Is motivated to lead, inspire, and support a diverse therapy team Embraces change and have a positive, proactive approach to service improvement Enjoys working as part of a collaborative MDT and is committed to delivering high-quality patient care
We will provide:
A friendly, welcoming team environment with strong peer support Opportunities for ongoing professional development through internal and external CPD Protected leadership time to support service development and staff supervision A chance to contribute to the evolution of a forward-thinking Intermediate Care service Access to mentoring, supervision, and leadership development programmes
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree/ post graduate diploma/ or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Current HCPC Registration
- Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate for the role
- Post Registration qualification/ training to masters level in a relevant field or equivalent post graduate training or experience
- o Evidence of continued professional development
- Evidence of leadership education/ development or a willingness to undertake this
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience providing clinical leadership to a team.
- Significant experience of working in the specialist clinical setting
- Significant experience of supervision provision
- o Experience of leading within a multi-professional team/ collaborative working
- Experience of delivering quality improvement, innovation and productivity
- Evidence of active participation in audit and clinically relevant research
Desirable
- Minimum of 4 years post graduate experience
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable expertise within clinical area underpinned by theory and significant experience
- Use of advanced reasoning and assessment skills demonstrated in knowledge and experience shown in a wide range of approaches to treatments, management of conditions and situations
- Demonstrates excellent leadership and ability to empower others in practice
- IT skills, with the ability to use a number of databases, excel, word and internet
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to record actions and decisions accurately
- Demonstrates excellence in communication skills with an ability to negotiate and manage conflict
- Knowledge of Clinical governance, risk management and clinical audit
- Demonstrate a commitment of lifelong learning and development with documented evidence of CPD
- Awareness of professional responsibilities and boundaries
Desirable
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- Degree/ post graduate diploma/ or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Current HCPC Registration
- Evidence of a range of clinical competencies appropriate for the role
- Post Registration qualification/ training to masters level in a relevant field or equivalent post graduate training or experience
- o Evidence of continued professional development
- Evidence of leadership education/ development or a willingness to undertake this
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience providing clinical leadership to a team.
- Significant experience of working in the specialist clinical setting
- Significant experience of supervision provision
- o Experience of leading within a multi-professional team/ collaborative working
- Experience of delivering quality improvement, innovation and productivity
- Evidence of active participation in audit and clinically relevant research
Desirable
- Minimum of 4 years post graduate experience
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrable expertise within clinical area underpinned by theory and significant experience
- Use of advanced reasoning and assessment skills demonstrated in knowledge and experience shown in a wide range of approaches to treatments, management of conditions and situations
- Demonstrates excellent leadership and ability to empower others in practice
- IT skills, with the ability to use a number of databases, excel, word and internet
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to record actions and decisions accurately
- Demonstrates excellence in communication skills with an ability to negotiate and manage conflict
- Knowledge of Clinical governance, risk management and clinical audit
- Demonstrate a commitment of lifelong learning and development with documented evidence of CPD
- Awareness of professional responsibilities and boundaries
Desirable
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.
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
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.
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).
