Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 150-MM1650-PC
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Seaside View Child Development Centre, Brighton General Hospital
- Town
- Brighton
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
B7 Specialist Children's Occupational Therapist
Band 7
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our amazing Paediatric Occupational Therapy service
at Seaside View Child Development Centre, Brighton General Hospital.
This is a community post, with a caseload of children and young people with neurological and developmental conditions.
The post holder will be responsible for applying their expertise in assessing and providing interventions or strategies that can be administered by parents, education staff and technical instructors as well as yourself.
You will work closely with the child, family and other professionals involved in their care, across various settings, e.g. clinic, client's homes, schools and nurseries. We are committed to multi-disciplinary working and contribute to specialist clinics. Candidates must be able to demonstrate advanced clinical skills gained through previous OT experience.
The successful candidate will also have the ability to work independently in the community, have excellent organisation/time management skills and be committed to clinical governance.
Candidates are required to have current HCPC-UK registration and be able to travel in the community.
Main duties of the job
• To provide Clinical and Professional Leadership, ensuring effective governance for staff working in allocated area or service.
• To work with the professional lead to ensure staff are clinically competent, services are clinically effective and safe, and an excellent
patient experience is delivered.
• To embed the principles of interdisciplinary working and cross skilling for all staff, including implementing the competency frameworks.
• To provide specialist clinical advice regarding complex patients.
• To provide specialist clinical assessment and intervention for highly complex patients as required.
• To work with the professional lead in supporting an audit plan in the appropriate clinical area and participate in research as appropriate,
to inform future service development.
• To ensure services continue to develop in line with Trust transformation programmes and the SCFT Clinical Strategy.
• To develop key partnerships, working to ensure effective whole system working, through effective communication and networking with
other disciplines and by working across professional boundaries.
• To act as deputy to the line manager and professional lead.
Working for our organisation
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?
• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Hours/ Working Patterns
• Fulltime, Time, 37.5 hours per week
• The service is a 5 day week (excluding bank holidays) – the working pattern for this role will need to be agreed.
Setting:
• Children’s community setting based in Seaside View Child Development Centre (CDC), Brighton General Hospital.
• Post requires input into CDC, homes, educational settings which includes special needs provision.
• Working with children and families, with neurological, developmental and sensory difficulties.
• Multi-Disciplinary working alongside Paediatricians, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists, and the Specialist Nursing team.
• Liaison and close working relationship with Education Staff.
Specific clinical skills/expertise
• Ability to work autonomously and independently.
• Previous experience of working with children as a registered Occupational Therapist is essential.
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively with children and their families.
• Knowledge of equipment and resources which meet the needs of children with additional needs.
• Knowledge and experience of using assessment tools and outcome measures to ensure effective clinical delivery for children and their families.
• Knowledge of child development, neurological and developmental conditions which can inform therapy intervention.
• Knowledge and experience of supporting needs of children with sensory processing difficulties.
• Ability to compose clear and concise reports and use electronic patient record system.
• Knowledge and skills in relation to provision of equipment to meet children’s postural care needs.
• Demonstrate confidence in delivering training to small and large audiences.
Additional responsibilities.
• Take Clinical Leadership of at least one Specialist Interest area.
• Writing reports to contribute to the EHCP process.
• Attendance at appropriate meetings such as referrals meetings, Specialist Interest Groups (SIGs), Local team meetings, etc, to ensure Occupational Therapy Service is meeting the needs of service users.
• Delivery of training packages to parents and staff where required.
• The service uses SystmOne Patient record system – training will be provided by the Trust.
• Involvement in service development and innovations.
• Providing clinical expertise to junior members of staff or other professionals.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Registered with HCPC
- Evidence of CPD maintained in a portfolio appropriate to specialist field
- Evidence of leadership education / development or a willingness to undertake this
Desirable criteria
- Post Registration qualification or training to Masters level or equivalent in experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable expertise within clinical area underpinned by theory and significant experience.
- Knowledge and experience shown in a wide range of approaches to treatments, management of conditions and situations.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent knowledge of specialist equipment for use within paediatrics.
- Excellent knowledge of assessment and treatment tools and specialist treatment approaches
- Demonstrates working knowledge of relevant legislation such as Manual Handling, Health and Safety
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills
Desirable criteria
- Competency and ability to assess and treat wide range of complex conditions within paediatrics
- Undertaking Audits
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 4 years post grad experience (for B7)
- Experience of working with children or adolescents
- Experience of working with children with complex neurological conditions
- Ability to prioritise and plan own workload, meet deadlines and perform effectively under pressure
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and high-level understanding of team dynamics.
- Experience of providing training and presenting information to colleagues in a transdisciplinary team.
- Evidence of staff supervision and training.
Equal Opportunities
Essential criteria
- An excellent understanding of the principles of equal opportunities in relation to staff and patients
- Able to work flexibly to allow for attending parents evening and other occasional events.
Other
Essential criteria
- Car driver and full UK license
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Anette Steenkamp
- Job title
- Deputy Operational Head of Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557582440
- Additional information
Please also feel free to contact the team at Seaside View on 01273 265806, to discuss the role.
Visits are also welcomed, so please do get in touch if this would be something you wish to consider.
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