UCR AHP Clinical Lead B7 - Occupational Therapist / Physiotherapist

Are you a skilled and experienced healthcare professional with a passion for providing rapid care to those in need within the community? Join our dedicated Urgent Community Response (UCR) team and make a difference in the lives of patients who require urgent care, helping them avoid hospital admissions and supporting them in the comfort of their own homes. Our UCR team also supports the delivery of our Virtual Wards (Hospital@Home) service that facilitates early supported discharge from hospital as well as ongoing admission avoidance clinical management., As a Band 7 AHP Urgent Community Response Clinical Lead (occupational therapist/physiotherapist, you will play a crucial role in assessing, coordinating, and delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals experiencing acute episodes of illness. You will lead a multidisciplinary team to respond swiftly to urgent care needs, providing short-term interventions, and working closely with GPs, hospitals, and other community services.,

• Lead and support a team of healthcare professionals to deliver timely and effective urgent care services.
• Undertake advanced clinical assessments to identify and manage patients' urgent health needs.
• Develop care plans to support patients' recovery and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Work collaboratively with other services and agencies to ensure seamless, integrated care.
• Provide clinical leadership, mentoring, and support to junior staff and colleagues.
• Ensure the highest standards of patient safety, dignity, and respect at all times.
  
  We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes. In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'. In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.