# Specialist Frailty Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-frailty-therapist/3d9d8736-1ee3-4485-be35-06884f8c1669 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-frailty-therapist/3d9d8736-1ee3-4485-be35-06884f8c1669.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Oldham Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health professionals - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Maybe extened hours 8-8 or and 7 day working) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T11:40:43.572Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Oldham/Northern_Care_Alliance_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialist_Frailty_Therapist/Specialist_Frailty_Therapist-v8384012 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8384012?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a full time Band 7 Specialist Therapist post working in Frailty Same Day Emergency Care at the Oldham Royal Hospital. This role is part of a key development in delivering specialised frailty input to frail, older patients presenting to ED, over a 7-day working pattern. The Band 7 therapist will be included in the 7-day working roster, which involves working up to 1 weekend every 4 weeks. They will work across Urgent and Emergency Care within a team that consists of a Geriatrician, Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Nurse, Therapist, Pharmacist and Therapy Assistant/Coordinator as well as with Oldham community and social services in delivering timely same day discharges, specialist input to frail patients; effecting appropriate admission avoidance and early, pro-active CGA for patients who may need admission to appropriate wards. ### Main duties of the job Post holder will be the Senior Frailty Clinician within an Acute Frailty Service, facilitating efficient, effective and coordinated assessment and treatment of frail older adults in the Frailty SDEC. The role demands the commitment to: - Provide clinical support to patients, their families/carers and health professionals involved across the Frailty Pathway. - Require highly skilled time management and priority skills due to frequent interruptions of job tasks during the working day and balancing of clinical and operational duties, including service development. - Work with the multidisciplinary team to provide early and pro-active Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to patients Providing a holistic assessment will include clinical, social, functional, emotion and cognitive elements as documented within the CGA. - Utilise the CGA knowledge gained to initiate and facilitate early discharge plans in collaboration with community services, ensuring that patients’ needs are met and likelihood of unnecessary readmission is reduced. - Ensure all patients receive timely assessments and screening, supporting and providing training information in Frailty. - Provide advanced assessment and discharge planning of patients who may have complex and or chronic conditions. - Support the delivery of frailty service audit, service improvement initiatives and provide Frailty education, training and staff development ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk ### 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 ### Qualifications **Essential** - Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) - Degree qualification in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy ### Knowledge, Skills & Experience **Essential** - Significant post-registration experience working with older people and frailty - Experience completing comprehensive frailty and functional assessments - Knowledge of NHS frailty pathways, discharge planning, and multidisciplinary team (MDT) working - Evidence of clinical decision-making and autonomous practice - Ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced environment, such as Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) - Experience in frailty, geriatrics, falls prevention assessments - Leadership or supervision experience - Sound clinical reasoning **Desirable** - Experience or good knowledge of working within an Acute Frailty Unit Urgent Care or SDEC - Experience leading quality improvement or service development projects - Membership of relevant professional bodies, such as the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy or the Royal College of Occupational Therapists - Teaching or mentoring junior staff or students ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 384.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10713143) - [key responsibilities (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10713146) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3016) - [functional requirements. (pdf, 168.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10713145) - [specialist frailty therapist (pdf, 368.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10713144) - [sponsorship & visa information (pdf, 106.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2708) ## 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.