Job Description

The Lewes Neighbourhood Mental Health Team is based in Newhaven and provides a specialist multi-disciplinary service for adults with severe mental illness. The service sits in the beautiful landscape of the South Downs National Park and is only a few miles from Eastbourne and the cosmopolitan city of Brighton.



We are looking an energetic and innovative Lead Occupational Therapist to join the team and be part of our Neighbourhood Leadership team.



As an experienced practitioner in the mental health field, you will be our clinical Lead for Occupational Therapy, providing professional supervision and leadership to our OT team and joining our clinical leadership team to ensure that our service improvements always include an occupational perspective. This will entail the implementation of evidence based OT assessment tools and interventions, including the development of group programme and furthering initiatives around peer and vocational support.



As the Lead OT, you will hold a small, capped, caseload of complex cases where your level of expertise is required and be able to consult on and joint work other cases to provide specialist input. Increasingly the role will involve providing consultation to primary care and third sector providers and building effective partnerships within the wider network.



As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.

As an OT in our team we can offer you:

Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team

Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development

Flexible working patterns

Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)

A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC

Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)



The main scope of this post it to provide specialist occupational therapy interventions for referred clients; to promote and develop the role of Occupational Therapy within the clinical area and to act as lead specialist in team. This will entail;



managing a caseload of complex clients, using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.



providing specialist clinical advice and input for clients with complex problems and needs.



Ensuring occupational therapy contribution to the provision of quality clinical care and performance standards



Participating in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy and local services within a designated team, holding responsibility for defined projects.