Specialist B6 Rotational Occupational Therapist
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Job summary
Intermediate Care and Community Rotation Hastings and Rother.
Crisis Response Service Conquest, Bexhill Irvine Unit/Rye Memorial Hospital, Joint Community Rehabilitation and Falls prevention Service Bexhill,
The Crisis Response Team is part of a MDT and is based in the Conquest. The service aims to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital or long-term care, enable earlier discharges from hospital in a timely manner. The service is a 7 day service.
Band 6 Specialist Rotation Occupational Therapist - Annual rotation (4 services) Permanent 37.5 hours.
The rotation provides the opportunity for you to develop your skills with patients with a mixed pathology and complexity. You will be working closely with different disciplines and the team.
Main duties of the job
Bexhill Irvine Unit is an intermediate care unit with strong links to acute and community colleagues. Clinical experience includes neurology, amputee's, frailty, non-weight baring, poly-trauma and a wide variety of other complex social and medical needs and conditions. We are advancing our Rehabilitation Strategy with a number of work projects and developments which have seen investment in our staffing and merging of rehabilitation services across East Sussex.
The Joint Community Rehabilitation and Falls Prevention Service is a short-term 7 day service which assesses and treats people within their own homes. It is an integrated service with Adult Social Care and uses an inter-professional model of working. This service aims to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital or long-term care, enable earlier discharges from hospital and promote independence and quality of life.
You will be fully supported to develop your specific OT, inter-professional skills, and areas of special clinical interest relevant to the role. We offer regular supervision and training opportunities for professional development individually, and through peer forums which are facilitated by our OT Development Lead. We support our local universities by providing regular student placements and we actively encourage leadership and quality improvement opportunities to support your professional development and improve service delivery.
About us
We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Details
Date posted
23 August 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
374-LB2112-D-E
Job locations
Conquest Hospital
Hastings
TN37 7RD
Employer details
Employer name
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Conquest Hospital
Hastings
TN37 7RD
Employer's website
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