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Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your occupational therapy career in Paediatrics? Come and work for Children’ 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.

We are an assessment and advice service as well as providing interventions to children and young people using evidence-based approaches including Sensory Integrative informed practice in line with RCOT, trauma-informed care, Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance, Neurodevelopmental approach and with a focus on enabling. 

We are currently seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist (0.8-1.0wte), with minimum of 2- years post qualification experience in paediatrics with an interest in neurodevelopmental conditions. 

East Sussex are in the process of implementing a multi-agency neurodevelopmental pathway which includes Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy. We are therefore seeking highly motivated and innovative therapists to embrace new ways of working aimed at transforming the local offer in schools to improve inclusion and reduce SEMH secondary to unmet needs.

Main duties of the job

This post would also be a good opportunity for an Occupational Therapist who has experience working in clinics, school or community settings with an interest in developing skills in upper-limb, postural management and working in collaboration with schools. There is a robust induction and training programme in place.

This post is based in the neighbourhood team (either Eastbourne or Hastings location), working with children or young people from 0-19 years across early years settings, mainstream schools and in the community. 

The post-holder will work closely with the Therapy One Point team of therapists and as part of an integrated therapy team including Speech and Language Therapist, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists including Adaptation specialists and Integrated Therapy Assistants.

If you are interested in finding out more or wish to do an informal visit please come to our virtual open evening on 24th July at 6pm Please contact [email protected] for further information on the role and for a link to join the open evening.

Working for our organisation

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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