Job overview
Advanced Occupational Therapist – Band 7
Frailty Therapy Intervention Team
Permanent | Full-time | 37.5 Hours per Week
Ready to take the next step in your career?
We're looking for an experienced Occupational Therapist who is ready to take on a rewarding senior role within our Frailty Therapy Intervention Team at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a service that continues to evolve and grow. You'll play a key role in supporting older adults living with frailty, helping them maintain their independence, avoid unnecessary hospital admissions where possible, and return home safely following illness. If you're an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist looking for your first Band 7 role, or an existing Band 7 looking for a new challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.
Interviews will take place week commencing 5th August, 2026
Main duties of the job
What will you be doing?
As a senior member of the multidisciplinary team, you'll manage a complex clinical caseload while supporting the ongoing development of the service.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Completing comprehensive occupational therapy assessments for patients with complex frailty needs.
- Developing person-centred rehabilitation and discharge plans that promote independence and reduce unnecessary hospital stays.
- Working closely with consultants, nursing colleagues, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, physiotherapists, social care and community services to deliver coordinated care.
- Providing specialist advice to colleagues across the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Supporting and supervising junior Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants and students.
- Leading service improvement initiatives and contributing to audits, quality improvement projects and service evaluation.
- Supporting evidence-based practice and helping shape the future direction of frailty services within the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Why join our team?
Frailty is one of the fastest developing areas of healthcare. As services continue to expand, Occupational Therapists have an increasingly important role in assessment, rehabilitation, discharge planning and admission avoidance.
This post offers the opportunity to work across the full frailty pathway, providing a breadth of clinical experience that few roles can offer.
You'll work across a range of services including:
- GP Assessment Unit
- Medical Assessment Unit
- Bevan Court Specialist Frailty Service
- Frailty Reablement Unit
No two days are the same. You'll work with patients who present with complex physical, cognitive and social needs, requiring advanced assessment, clinical reasoning and collaborative decision-making.
About our team
We're a supportive, approachable and ambitious team that values collaboration and shared learning.
Our therapists work closely together, drawing on each other's experience to manage complex clinical situations and continuously improve patient care. We encourage new ideas, value professional curiosity and actively support staff who want to develop specialist interests or leadership skills.
You'll receive regular clinical and management supervision, opportunities for continuing professional development and encouragement to become involved in quality improvement, teaching and service development.
Whether you're developing your leadership skills, expanding your clinical expertise or contributing to innovation within frailty care, you'll find opportunities to grow here.
Who are we looking for?
We're looking for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and thrives on clinical challenge.
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
- HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist.
- Post-registration experience in management of complex patients in frailty.
- Excellent clinical reasoning and sound decision-making skills.
- Confidence in working autonomously while recognising the value of multidisciplinary working.
- Experience supervising or supporting less experienced staff or students.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- A commitment to delivering compassionate, person-centred care.
- Enthusiasm for service improvement, quality improvement and professional development.
What can we offer you?
Joining our team means becoming part of a service that is committed to both excellent patient care and staff development.
We offer:
- A welcoming and supportive multidisciplinary team.
- Regular clinical supervision and leadership support.
- Opportunities for specialist training and continuing professional development.
- Involvement in quality improvement, research and service development.
- Opportunities to present work locally and nationally.
- A varied and rewarding clinical role where your contribution genuinely makes a difference to the lives of older people every day.
We'd love to meet you
Choosing the right role is an important decision, so we encourage prospective applicants to arrange an informal conversation or visit before applying.
This is a great opportunity to meet the team, learn more about the service and discuss how your experience and career aspirations align with the role.
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact:
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel various hospital locations by own car/ assisted driver
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates ability to motivate team performance to achieve objectives
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings
- Accurate record keeping, report writing and IT skills including presentation skills
- Have a flexible approach to working with good time management
Experience
Essential
- Advanced clinical knowledge relevant to the care environment and evidence of evidence based practise in relevant health setting
- Awareness of own strengths and limitations
- Knowledge of relevant national policies and guidance and relevant assessment tools
- Experience of leadership of a team including change management
- Evidence of effective working within an MDT
- Experience of Service development
- Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Audit and research in a clinical area
- Demonstrates continuous Professional Development
Our values
Essential
- We are Kind
- We are Open
- We are Inclusive
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Occupational Therapy
- HCPC registration
- Clinical Educators Certificate or equivalent/experience
Desirable
- MSc in relevant health studies or equivalent qualification/experience
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