East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Team Lead Occupational Therapist - Integrated Discharge Team

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Job Description
This role will be active in developing and evaluating occupational therapy service delivery within acute care to support patient experience, treatment, and discharge planning. The successful applicant will work with another B7 Team Lead to support clinical development and governance needed to deliver best patient care.
You will work closely within a multi-disciplinary team, with the service manager and AHP advanced care practitioners, to support clinical standards and governance needed to maintain and support effective patient care.
We are proud of the developments that have been made with acute services specifically regarding reconditioning and advocating for home first and appropriate discharge pathways. This role offers the opportunity to further shape the workforce model for the future.
We are looking for someone who is an effective, committed, and motivated clinician with the relevant operational and clinical experience; someone who can lead change and forge strong working relationships.
We can offer you excellent peer support and robust supervision with a focus on wellbeing because we recognise that this is the success to achieving excellence in patient care. We invest in the education and development of our workforce.
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- Undertakes clinical Occupational Therapy that requires specialist clinical expertise – medical and surgical conditions.
- To undertake line management for planning, coordinating delivery, and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy team in IDT on the Conquest and EDGH site. This will include the management of staff, standards of care, and staff competency.
- To participate in pooled budget meetings within Integrated Community Equipment Service.
- To be responsible for ensuring Clinical Governance within the IDT.
- To assist the Therapy Lead in the IDT with recruitment, appraisal, CPD, and all issues relating to Trust policies.
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries, staff restaurants, and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.


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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Emma Pope
- Job title: Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy
- Email address: emma.pope3@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 07879474650
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