About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Urgent Community Response Service at East London NHS Foundation Trust. This role will provide a successful applicant with the opportunity to take a lead role in Rapid Response, Falls Pick Up Service and Intermediate Care. The highly specialist role is based in Mile End Hospital in the borough of Tower Hamlets and is part of the Integrated Urgent Community Response Service which consists of a team of multidisciplinary professionals that work across the community and hospital to facilitate early discharge and prevent unnecessary hospital admission. The service uses the discharge to assess model and works closely with our social care partners, and is integrated with the Reablement OT service.
Key Responsibilities
Applicants must have a strong clinical skills as well as the ability to manage complex cases independently, evidencing problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence based practice.
The team operates a seven day service, covering core hours between 8am and 8pm with shift of 8-4pm and 12-8pm. You will need to be a versatile, adaptable team player who is prepared to work across a 7 day rota. If you have a broad range of clinical expertise and management experience gained working in a multidisciplinary team within the NHS, then this is an ideal role for you.
The work is varied and challenging and we are looking for a candidate who is a good communicator and a team player to support the clinical leads within UCR pathway in providing strategic clinical leadership within the integrated community service.
The post holder will work alongside other specialised therapists, nurses, and social worker in the team as well as other therapists in the hospital and wider trust in implementing a Discharge to Assess model to facilitate discharge from hospital and to provide a rapid response to people at high risk or admission or readmission to hospital; assessing whether their needs can be safely met within the community.
You will work as an autonomous practitioner in delivering intensive rehabilitation to people with complex needs in a community setting. To evidence high levels of problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence based/client-centred principles. To formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan designed to reduce the impact of disability from a comprehensive assessment of the client’s needs.
You will take a lead role in the recruitment, supervision, teaching and appraisal of junior occupational therapists, rehabilitation support workers, students and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Mission and Values
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
How to Apply
For further details and informal visits contact:Eleanor.mata@nhs.net
Closing
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Mar 2026
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