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Occupational Therapist

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Worthing, BN11 1RY

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

10 September 2026

6 days left

Job description

The postholder will work as a band 6 Occupational Therapist managing a caseload of patients with a variety of conditions and provide occupational ther...

To provide comprehensive manual handling assessment and provision of equipment to patients in their own home. Please see the attached job description for further details.

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?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

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.

Relevant experience

Essential

  • minimum 1.5 years relevant experience in community rehabilitation setting

Desirable

  • minimum of 1.5 years experience of working as occupational therapist in health / social care setting

Relevant training

Essential

  • evidence of recent relevant training

Desirable

  • evidence of recent training

Supervising other staff and students

Essential

  • experience of supervising other staff

Desirable

  • supervising students

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

2 September 2026

Last checked

4 September 2026

Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.

About the employer

SCN
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

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