# Senior Occupational Therapist - Community Discharge to Assess > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-community-discharge-to-assess/c6e5691d-be50-46a8-9448-74ebad78080b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist-community-discharge-to-assess/c6e5691d-be50-46a8-9448-74ebad78080b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust - **Location:** Vaughan Building - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes community weekend working rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T15:21:15.786Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Herefordshire/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8306706 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8306706?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to develop your skills within a fast-paced community and urgent care environment? We are seeking a committed Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Discharge to Assess (D2A) Service, supporting individuals to leave hospital safely and continue their assessment and rehabilitation in their own home. This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of an MDT focused on reducing hospital length of stay, promoting independence, and preventing unnecessary admissions and readmissions. You will play a key role in delivering person-centred assessments and interventions that enable people to achieve the best possible outcomes within their home environment. Working alongside community providers of reablement services, Physiotherapists, Therapy support workers, District Nurses and Social Care asses as part of a MDT approach. To work autonomously within the community, liaising with other health and social care professionals, to enable people to facilitate discharge from the community hospital to return to their homes in the community following illness or disability. To provide high quality OT assessments, providing direct rehabilitation where necessary & managing patients with a range of conditions. We have 2 posts available - 1 across the City-West localities & 1 across the City-East localities. ### Main duties of the job Complete holistic occupational therapy assessments within patients' own homes following hospital discharge. Assess functional abilities, activities of daily living, cognition, mobility, environmental factors and risks. Develop personalised rehabilitation and reablement plans that maximise independence and wellbeing. Recommend and arrange appropriate equipment, adaptations and support services.Work closely with hospital teams, primary care, community services, social care and voluntary sector partners to ensure seamless transitions of care. Support the prevention of avoidable hospital admissions and readmissions.Manage a varied caseload, prioritising effectively within a dynamic community setting. Provide supervision and support to junior staff, students and support workers where appropriate. Contribute to service development, quality improvement initiatives and integrated working across health and social care. You will need to be able to; triage cases and prioritise cases to effectively caseload manage, display an organised and disciplined manner, work remotely and autonomously, be decisive and a team player – maintaining a good team working rapport daily. Remotely supervise team members, display a passion for community rehabilitation. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy. ### 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** - NHS or equivalent experience e.g. in inpatient areas, acute or community or community services - Experience of using/fitting adaptive equipment ### Education & Qualifications **Essential** - Degree in Occupational Therapy - HCPC Registration - Post Graduate specialist qualification/significant post graduate experience ### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities **Essential** - Broad and specialist knowledge of relevant patient conditions and therapy interventions - Demonstration of knowledge of core and specialist Therapy skills - Evidence of ongoing CPD in relevant area - Experience of multi-disciplinary communication, assessments and record keeping - Computer Skills including word processing and e-mail ## Documents - [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985) - [team charter nht (pdf, 590.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10626608) - [229-ic-7305115 jdps (pdf, 232.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10626607) - [ot mission & vision (pdf, 408.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10626609) ## 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.