Senior Occupational Therapist

We are seeking a motivated and forward-thinking Senior Occupational Therapist to join our dynamic Hospital at Home service. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in delivering rapid, high-quality assessment and intervention for adults experiencing acute health needs, frailty, or exacerbations of long-term conditions.

Working autonomously, you will provide specialist occupational therapy assessment, care planning and treatment to support admission avoidance, promote independence, and improve quality of life for patients in their own homes and community settings.

In this role you will collaborate closely with Consultant Practitioners, ACPs, the AHP Clinical Lead, GPs, community teams, ambulance services and social care partners to deliver coordinated, person-centred care. You will contribute to complex case management, lead on therapy-driven interventions, and use your clinical expertise to guide the wider team.

You will also provide professional leadership within the team, supporting junior staff, students and unregistered colleagues through supervision, mentorship and role modelling of best practice. As part of our fast-paced service, you will work across single point of access and community caseloads, responding flexibly and compassionately to urgent referrals.

If you are an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist with strong clinical skills in frailty, urgent care or community practice we would love to hear from you., Provide rapid specialist OT assessment and therapy for adults with frailty or acute health needsDevelop and deliver evidence-based care plans to support admission avoidanceManage complex cases and promote independence in community settingsWork autonomously across the Urgent Community Response service and Single Point of AccessCollaborate closely with GPs, ACPs, Consultant Practitioners, community teams and social careCommunicate clearly with patients, families and carers to support person-centred careContribute to safe discharge planning and coordinated multidisciplinary pathwaysSupervise and support junior therapists, students and unregistered staffUphold HCPC standards, maintain accurate clinical records and ensure patient safetySupport service improvement, quality monitoring and evidence-based practiceDrive to patient homes and community locations, adapting to a fast-paced and reactive workload

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence