Occupational Therapy Team Lead – Acute Medicine and Surgery

2 months ago

Brighton, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279) Full time

Job summary

Come and join us

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 to join our dynamic, friendly and forward-thinking Medicine and Surgery OT Team at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and well-motivated Occupational Therapist who ispro-active, flexible and demonstrates excellent communication, clinical and organisational skills required to lead and manage in a fast-paced environment.

We offer:

A supportive working environment with regular supervision and CPD opportunities.

Various opportunities for learning and developing clinical and managerial skills

Involvement and leadership with Service Development projects

Our Medicine and Surgery OT's play a pivotal role in supporting patient flow and are valued as highly respected members of the multidisciplinary team. To look at how we work as a team please take a look at these links: Celebrating AHPs' Day 2023 - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (

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Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the operational management and clinical leadership of the Occupational Therapy medicine team in conjunction with the Professional Lead. This will include specialist occupational therapists, junior occupational therapists, assistants and students working in occupational therapy service

To use expert Occupational Therapy knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist support and advice to the Occupational Therapy team and other multidisciplinary team members, and to manage own caseload of patients with highly complex conditions as an autonomous practitioner

To contribute to the delivery, evaluation and review of the Medical/surgical Occupational Therapy service

To be responsible for defined projects in agreement with the Head of Occupational Therapy, Therapies Site Lead and Professional Lead

To professionally represent the Occupational Therapy Service as a whole, to include deputising for the Occupational Therapy Professional Lead in liaison with other Team Leads in their absence

About us

At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programmefor staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We have recently moved into our brand-new, purpose-built hospital within the site at Royal Sussex County Hospital The new Louisa Martindale building provides spacious, well-resourced and modern facilities for patients and staff across all 40 wards and departments. The building includes a new Welcome space, running the entire length of the building. The Occupational Therapy team are based in the multi-disciplinary office with access to our brand-new Therapy kitchen, bedroom, terrace and therapy gym. Enabling our staff to really make a difference to someones therapy and care.

Take a look at the virtual tours on our Trust intranet page to see for yourself

Introducing The Louisa Martindale Building - University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (

Attached you will find the job description and person specification which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. Please read this document for further information.

Person Specification

Experience/Qualifications

Essential

Diploma in Occupational Therapy or BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy or overseas equivalent Evidence of relevant post graduate clinical courses/ CPD and reflective practice Experience of supervising less experienced staff and students Experience of working in a range of clinical specialties cardiac; respiratory medicine; palliative care/end of life; dementia care, frailty, orthopaedics. Experience in managing a team.

Desirable

Evidence of post graduate management courses or training Experience in handling complaints and disputes Recruitment and Selection training and experience

Skills

Essential

High level of clinical skill in speciality area and ability to teach those skills (to own and other professions) Ability to work under pressure and remain calm in a crisis Ability to prioritise clinical and non clinical work Teamwork and co-operation. Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

Relevant experience, including work at Band 7 level within the speciality Experience in strategic planning and formulating business plans

People Management and Development

Essential

Experience in assessment of competency of other members of staff and managing poor performance Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with patients, carers and multidisciplinary teams Experience of Supervising and conducting Appraisals Experience of giving presentations to OT colleagues and to audiences of mixed professional backgrounds

Desirable

Management training course/module

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Essential

Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).

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