Frailty INT Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 11 June 2026.
Are you passionate about supporting people to live independently and improve their quality of life? We are seeking a dedicated Frailty Occupational Therapist to join our developing Three Harbours Integrated Neighbourhood Team in North Cornwall.
In this role, you will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to deliver person‑centred care for individuals living with frailty. You'll assess functional abilities, develop tailored interventions, and empower patients to achieve their goals in the community.
As part of Cornwall's integrated care approach, you'll help shape seamless working across health, social care and voluntary sectors, ensuring the local population receives joined‑up support at "place." This is an exciting opportunity to influence how services connect and improve outcomes for people in our communities.
We offer excellent professional development opportunities, flexible working and the chance to make a real difference.
Apply today and help transform integrated care in Cornwall!
Main duties of the job
* Develop, implement and evaluate a seamless Frailty support service across the integrated neighbourhood team, aimed at continuously improving standards of patient care and wider multidisciplinary team working.
* Support the elderly to age healthier, reducing the progression of frailty and risks associated with it where possible.
* Support them to make informed choices as to their health and welfare.
* Attend and contribute to MDTs and work collaboratively with neighbourhood teams to support elderly and carers.
* Reduce emergency hospital admission, readmission and aim to reduce care burden.
* Provide annual dementia health checks and home visits or face‑to‑face appointments.
* Early identification and treatment of delirium.
* Identify those likely to be within their last year of life and support them to plan for their future needs.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
* Professional qualification – Degree or pre‑registration MSc in Occupational Therapy.
* Current professional registration – HCPC.
* Broad range of post‑graduate experience of medical, surgical, orthopaedic and neurological settings.
* Has or is working towards a prescribing qualification.
Skills and Aptitude
* High level of specialist assessment and treatment skills.
* Is able to facilitate primary care activity, with a strong emphasis on prevention and early intervention, including through the delivery of public health advice (e.g. relating to physical activity, weight management and smoking cessation).
Knowledge and Abilities
* Is able to plan, manage, monitor, advise and review general frailty care programmes for patients in core areas, including disease states / long‑term conditions identified by local needs assessment.
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.
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum / pro rata
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