Team Lead Occupational Therapist - Integrated Discharge Team

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Main area Occupational Therapy Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job
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Site Conquest Hospital Town St Leonards on Sea Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 23:59

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £700 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.

Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

Band 6-7 Developer may be considered for this position

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.

Undertakes clinical Occupational Therapy that requires specialist clinical expertise – medical and surgical conditions.

To undertake line management for planning, co-ordinating delivery and evaluation of the Occupational Therapy team in IDT on the Conquest 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.