💼 Full-Time Position

Principal Occupational Therapist

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NHS
📍 brighton, england, United-Kingdom
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Location
brighton, United-Kingdom
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Posted
July 01, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Principal Occupational Therapist (OT) as the professional and clinical lead for Occupational Therapy across CAMHS. This is a senior leadership role within our well-established and innovative Sussex CAMHS, providing strategic direction, clinical expertise, and professional governance for OT practice across CAMHS, including crisis & acute care services.

The post also includes clinical contribution within Brighton & Hove CAMHS, as well as shape, champion and embed OT practice across CAMHS, ensuring it is visible, valued and integral to the delivery of compassionate, effective mental health care for children and young people (CYP).

You will play a key role in shaping service development, influencing multidisciplinary practice, and embedding occupational perspectives into assessment, care planning, risk management and crisis intervention for CYP with complex mental health needs. The role also contributes...