# Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - Frailty East PCN > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-clinical-specialist-occupational-therapist-frailty-east-pcn/9d3eb3bb-b7c4-435b-ba6f-5a86b8594a48 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-clinical-specialist-occupational-therapist-frailty-east-pcn/9d3eb3bb-b7c4-435b-ba6f-5a86b8594a48.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust - **Location:** The County Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pa, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 29 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-28T09:31:34.985Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Ledbury/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Frailty/Frailty-v8235285 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8235285?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking an experienced and innovative Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our existing community Frailty Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapists working in our East PCN. The post-holder will work as part of our multi-disciplinary PCN Wellbeing Team, which includes two other Frailty Occupational Therapists, Social Prescribers, a Health and Wellbeing Coach and Safeguarding Care Coordinators. This role is an extended scope, advanced practice role working in the community with people in their own homes. The purpose of the role is to provide advanced Occupational Therapy clinical assessments, interventions and planning. This includes advanced care planning discussions. Liaising closely with the MDT including the GPs at the surgeries to facilitate and support these assessments. To proactively manage frailty and ageing well in the community, reducing un-necessary hospital admissions and supporting individuals to achieve the best possible quality of life. We look forward to welcoming you to our small but highly committed team. Informal discussions prior to application are welcome. ### Main duties of the job To undertake comprehensive frailty assessments from an advanced clinical Occupational Therapy perspective. Delivering specialist Occupational Therapy interventions to support independence, function, safety and quality of life. Deliver person centred, specialist Occupational Therapy intervention and goal planning, working collaboratively with the person, their support network, GPs and the wider MDT to improve patient outcomes. Identifying risks, proactive planning and strategies to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions in collaboration with the wider MDT. Facilitation and proactive engagement in Occupational Therapy practice placement education. Car driver essential to role. See job description for further details. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive NHS or equivalent experience in specialist area e.g. community or community services - Experience of team leadership, management and positive role modelling - Student practice placement educator and experience of having students - Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment - Supervisory experience ### Other Factors **Essential** - Ability to fulfil the travel requirements of post - Able to meet physical & moving and handling requirements of post. i.e. re-positioning of a patient, use of moving & handling equipment, approved manual physical movement practices of patient - Able to deal sensitively and safely with blood and bodily fluids ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Able to maintain confidentiality and professionalism within the environment that they are working - Able to demonstrate awareness of own limitations and need to ask for help - Evidence of ability to communicate effectively including difficult conversations - Committed to personal and team development - Ability to adapt and demonstrate flexibility in changing service needs - Is dynamic and proactive - Shows evidence of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence - Reliable ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Professional Qualification to degree level or equivalent in Occupational Therapy - HCPC Registration - Significant post graduate experience and CPD relevant to role / Specialist courses (or equivalent experience) - Evidence of or willingness to undertake further training at Masters level **Desirable** - Leadership/Management qualification ### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities **Essential** - Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions - Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail - Demonstration of knowledge of core and highly specialist Therapy skills - Broad, developed and advanced knowledge of relevant conditions and therapy interventions - Extensive evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area - Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping - Able to make independent, sound, advanced clinical decisions and problem solve - Able to manage and facilitate others in dealing with busy case load and prioritise - Ability to work autonomously using highly specialist knowledge, skills and initiative in sometimes complex situations acknowledging role boundaries ## Documents - [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985) - [229-ic-8235285 jd (pdf, 249.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10552878) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.