Specialist Frailty Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 07/09/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
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Role summary
An opportunity for a senior Occupational Therapist to join the older persons' therapy team, focusing on frailty. The role involves working across various units like ED, SDEC, and Older Persons wards, providing a comprehensive understanding of patient journeys. The successful candidate will develop advanced skills in frailty and contribute to service development and staff supervision.
Essential criteria
- BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Degree
- HCPC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Relevant experience within the NHS
- Band 5 Occupational Therapy experience covering the following core areas: ? Older adults ? Neurology ? Hand/Orthopaedics ? Acute
- NHS Experience in an acute physical setting
- Involvement in audit
- Technical skills
- Ability to teach patients, relatives, carers & staff.
- How to critique research articles
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and nonverbal communication with an ability to establish a good rapport with a range of people.
- To be able to delegate appropriately.
- Ability to teach & supervise Junior staff & assistants .
- Good time management.
- IT Skills within word processing.
- Ability to prioritise clinical workload.
- Ability to drive, hold a clean drivers licence
- Ability to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
- BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Degree
- HCPC Registration
- Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Relevant experience within the NHS
- Band 5 Occupational Therapy experience covering the following core areas: ? Older adults ? Neurology ? Hand/Orthopaedics ? Acute
- NHS Experience in an acute physical setting
- Involvement in audit
- Technical skills
- Ability to teach patients, relatives, carers & staff.
- How to critique research articles
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and nonverbal communication with an ability to establish a good rapport with a range of people.
- To be able to delegate appropriately.
- Ability to teach & supervise Junior staff & assistants .
- Good time management.
- IT Skills within word processing.
- Ability to prioritise clinical workload.
- Ability to drive, hold a clean drivers licence
- Ability to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
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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University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Frailty Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 10 September 2026
Job summary
Are you passionate about working with older people?
An opportunity has arisen for a senior Occupational Therapistto join our older persons' therapy team. As the successful post holder you will be encouraged and supported to develop extended skills and advanced practice in frailty with our highly regarded, innovative and motivated Older Persons Services Team.
This post may provide opportunities to work as part of the therapy team in one of the following areas:
- Emergency Department (ED) & Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC)
- Older Persons Assessment Unit
- Older Persons wards
- Older Persons Continuing care ward and team
This provides therapists with an opportunity to develop a full and rich understanding of our patient's journey, from emergency admission to their transition home to outreach and bespoke community interventions.
For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust's Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying.
Interview date: 16th September
Previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
Expectations of the post holder would include working holistically across professional boundaries, service development, supp
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