Specialist Occupational Therapist

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The closing date is 12 January 2026

The Care Home Support Team provides treatment and care for a wide range of healthcare needs for residents in Care Homes within the London Borough of Sutton. We pride ourselves on having a highly dedicated team and offer a stimulating dynamic working environment with a wide range of staff benefits and development opportunities. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Our vision is to promote independence and health; delivering a high quality excellent coordinated care that is patient centred and to provide care within the heart of the patient's community. This is achieved through leadership, clinical excellence, self-care and personalisation for our patients care.

Sutton Community Health and Care is looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and innovative Band 7 Occupational Therapist with experience in Health and Social Care to complement our Care Home Support team. This role aims to support the review of resident's mobility regarding activities of daily living, with the formulation of robust plans to support the resident maintaining levels of independence where able.

To have clinical responsibility for assessment and treatment planning for people referred into the service

Will be required to work autonomously and as part of the multidisciplinary care team

The clinical caseload will comprise of adult clients with physical and cognitive difficulties within the community and/or bed-based settings

To provide supervision and leadership to other therapists and care home assistants within the team

To assist in the overall development and management of Occupational Therapy across the service

To collaborate with colleagues across own and other community teams, acute teams, GPs, social services and voluntary sector to optimise patients' journey, care, wellbeing and outcomes.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.

Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area;
St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCP Registration
• Significant post registration experience, some of which demonstrable in acute or community setting
• Leadership and Management skills
• In absence of community experience appreciation of constraints to working in the community
• BAOT member
• Ability to demonstrate on-going CPD and the use of evidence based practice
• Ability to manage own caseload and manage time effectively
• Comprehensive knowledge of equipment
• Ability to conduct training/teaching in services
• Knowledge of working in the care home system and knowledge of Care Home Regulations
• Using EMIS clinical system

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust