Occupational Therapy Assistant

Welcome to a new career in the NHS, a rewarding career in Occupational Therapy. Occupational therapy is based on the belief that a persons health and wellbeing is maintained by their ability to participate in activities that are important to them. That is what we support our patients to do. We work together to ensure an individual’s full potential and functional independence is developed or maintained while with us in hospital and onwards into their journey home.

Our department operates an integrated therapy service, where Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists work alongside each other in each of the clinical areas. The culture of multi-disciplinary working is well established and respected within the hospital.

We welcome you to contact us to find out more about the role and to arrange a visit the department.

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021

National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do

We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.