ITOC Band 6 Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
The Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC) Team is seeking a Band 6 Occupational Therapist. This dynamic, multi-skilled team supports safe and timely hospital discharge for medically fit patients, aiming to prevent hospital admissions and reduce deconditioning. The role involves assessing patients in appropriate environments and providing multidisciplinary reablement and rehabilitation plans to help them regain independence. The service operates 7 days a week, including 1 in 4 weekends.
Key responsibilities
- Support safe and timely hospital discharge for medically fit patients.
- Conduct assessments and provide care tailored to individual needs.
- Support patients to regain strengths and skills for independent living.
- Aim to avoid hospital admissions for patients in A&E and Frailty departments.
- Consider home first with ongoing community interventions.
- Provide multidisciplinary reablement and rehabilitation plans.
Essential criteria
- Please refer to the attached person specification document.
- Please refer to the attached person specification document.
Desirable criteria
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Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
ITOC Band 6 Occupational Therapist
Band 6: £38,682 - £46,580
37.5 Hours/Week
The service runs 0800-1800 across 7 days (1 in 4 weekends).
Permanent
Main duties of the job
The Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC) Team is a dynamic and multi-skilled team consisting of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and Assistant Practitioners. We also work in alignment with social services and other Locala community services.
Our purpose is to support a safe and timely hospital discharge of people who are medically fit, and no longer need hospital care, to a place more suitable to the person's needs. Assessments and care provision can then be tailored to support people to regain strengths and skills so that they can live as independently as possible. We also aim to avoid admission for patients in A&E and Frailty departments who require intervention to allow them to be discharged home.
The main priority of the team is to consider home first with ongoing community interventions, if required
The ITOC model aims to support better outcomes for people leaving hospital by:
Reducing the time people spend in hospital when they no longer need acute care preventing hospital acquired infections and 'deconditioning' (the loss of strength and independence)
Assessing people in a more appropriate environment than the hospital giving a more accurate indication of their
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