Specialist Occupational Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Job Summary

Are you a motivated and skilled Occupational Therapist with a passion for improving outcomes for older people? We are seeking a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist to join our Frailty Therapy Intervention Team and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care to frail adults across a range of acute and community-facing settings.

Why This Role Is an Excellent Opportunity

Frailty care continues to evolve rapidly, with a strong emphasis on early intervention, admission avoidance, and supporting safe, timely discharge. This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop specialist skills in frailty, working at the interface of acute, sub-acute, and community services while contributing meaningfully to service delivery and improvement.

You will manage a varied and rewarding caseload, gaining experience across settings such as the GP Assessment Unit, Medical Assessment Unit, Bevan Court’s specialist frailty beds, and the Frailty Reablement Unit. There will also be opportunities to work alongside Admission Avoidance services, including Emergency Department support, Frailty Ambulatory Clinics, Urgent Crisis Response, Community Frailty, and Virtual Ward pathways.

Your Contribution

As a core member of the multidisciplinary team, you will use your occupational therapy expertise to assess functional ability, cognition, environmental needs, and risk, supporting frail patients to maintain independence and quality of life.

 

Main duties of the job

Your role will include:

Undertaking specialist OT assessments and interventions for frail and complex patients, with support from senior clinicians.

Contributing to safe discharge planning through timely assessment, equipment provision, and liaison with community services.

Working closely with physiotherapists, nurses, consultants, ACPs, and other MDT members to deliver coordinated care.

Supporting service evaluation, audits, and quality improvement projects within the frailty pathway.

Participating in supervision of junior staff and students and contributing to in-service training and education.

What We’re Looking For

HCPC registration as an Occupational Therapist.

Experience working with older adults and/or patients with complex physical, cognitive, or social needs.

Sound clinical reasoning skills and the ability to work effectively within a fast-paced clinical environment.

A genuine interest in frailty and holistic, person-centred care.

Strong communication skills and confidence working within a multidisciplinary team.

Commitment to professional development and progression within specialist practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree in Occupational Therapist
  • HCPC registration

Desirable

  • Clinical Educators Certificate
  • Post Grad accredited study e.g. MSc in relevant health studies

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 line managing a team including setting objectives, conducting appraisals and effective delegation and co-ordination
  • Evidence of effective working within an MDT
  • Experience of Service development
  • Demonstrate experience of problem-solving approaches
  • Demonstrates continuous Professional Development

Desirable

  • Audit and research in a clinical area

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

Desirable

  • Mentorship skills

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel various hospital locations by own car/ assisted driver

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 29 June 2026

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