Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your occupational therapy career in Paediatrics? Come and join out OT leadership team in the Children’s Integrated Therapy and Equipment Service in the beautiful surroundings of East Sussex.

We are a highly successful integrated therapy service with a pooled budget across health and social care since 2013. Although based in East Sussex, we are employed by KCHFT which is an outstanding trust. We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working together and in partnership with other teams to provide seamless care.

It has never been a more exciting time to join the NHS if you are interested in working with children and young people with Cerebral Palsy with the launch of CPIPS for Upper-limb surveillance.

We are currently seeking an Occupational Therapist with minimum of 4- years post qualification experience in paediatrics with an interest in complex physical disability; including Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, ABI, spinal injuries and children or young people with multiple needs including developmental delay and sensory processing difficulties.

Please come to our virtual open evening on 24th of July at 6 pm to meet the team and find out more about the role. Email [email protected] for more details and a link to join the open evening.

The Integrated Care Team includes Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Integrated Therapy Assistants and Apprentices. The team provide therapy interventions into a range of special schools and in the community including clinic and home-visits.

The past year has seen the opening of a specialist centre for children with complex physical disability and associated medical needs requiring on site therapies in Eastbourne and long -term investment into schools in East Sussex.

The service has also expanded to meet the needs of children with SEMH and continues to evolve in response to the changing needs of children and young people living in East Sussex.

We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative therapist with excellent organisational and leadership skills. The successful post-holder will work closely with B7 colleagues, Team Coordinator and Professional Lead OT to deliver high quality care with evidence-based practice, aspirational outcomes and child/parent engagement at the centre.

The post-holder will need to have knowledge of equipment prescription including seating and manual-handling. However, training is available for the right candidate including postural management training and upper-limb interventions including splinting and CPIPS. The ability to drive innovation and embrace change is essential to this role.

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sally Pullen Job title: Head of Service Email address: [email protected]