Main area Frailty INT Occupational Therapist Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term Contract or Secondment opportunity, that has potential of being made a permanent post)
Hours: Full time / Part time (37.5 hours per week)
Job ref 201-26-489
Site: Bodmin Three Harbours INT Town Bodmin / Lostwithiel / Par / Fowey
Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata)
Closing: 11/06/2026 23:59
Job overview
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.”
We offer excellent professional development opportunities, flexible working, and the chance to make a real difference.
Main duties of the job
* Develop, implement, and evaluate a seamless Frailty support service across the integrated neighbourhood team, continuously improving standards of patient care and multidisciplinary teamwork.
* Support elderly to age healthier, reducing progression of frailty and associated risks where possible.
* Assist patients in making informed choices about their health and welfare.
* Attend and contribute to MDTs, working collaboratively with neighbourhood teams to support the elderly and carers.
* Reduce emergency hospital admissions and readmissions, and 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 future needs.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, delivering community and hospital‑based care to improve people’s physical and mental health, including specialist support for dementia and learning disability.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
* Professional qualification: Degree or pre‑reg MSc in Occupational Therapy.
* Current professional registration: HCPC.
* Broad range of postgraduate experience in 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.
* Ability to facilitate primary care activity, emphasising prevention and early intervention, including public health advice (e.g. physical activity, weight management, smoking cessation).
Knowledge and abilities
* Ability 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.
Development and benefits
* Career conversations and individual development plans.
* Protected CPD time for registered staff.
* Access to central development fund for CPD.
* Leadership and management development programmes.
* Coaching and mentoring opportunities.
* Full clinical induction programme.
* Access to care certificate programme for band 1‑4 staff.
* Bespoke preceptorship programme for newly qualified staff.Health and wellbeing initiatives.
* Free access to HARP portfolios for nursing staff.
* Free DBS checks where required.
* Discounts with retailers, UK hotels and main attractions.
* Salary sacrifice car scheme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Reimbursement of application costs for staff eligible for EU settlement status.
We welcome and value individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to develop, promote and support lived experience roles throughout the organisation.
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