Frailty Specialist Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 15 August 2025
Job summary
Offers are open for an enthusiastic and passionate candidate to join the department of Older People's Services at Ipswich Hospital, part of East Suffolk and Northeast Essex foundation as a specialist Occupational Therapist in frailty.
There has never been a more exciting time to join our team and work with us to develop services to meet the needs of our older population, enabling them to age well and with dignity in an ever-changing landscape. We don't believe in always doing the same things and we welcome individuals who can bring new ideas and thoughts to the table.
The integrated pathways division has the older people's services, therapies and community services for Ipswich and East Suffolk sitting within the same division allowing acute geriatric services to work seamlessly with community services and allows the flexibility to meet patient needs wherever they may be.
Main duties of the job
You will join a team of skilled frailty interface practitioners including nurses, therapists and Geriatricians. These services reach into the front door emergency department assessing our frail patients at the point of need and helping to streamline their care.
Assessment will also take place in the frailty assessment base where a multidisciplinary team can provide acute and complex care. This integrated team will continue to develop frailty services and pathways.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Details
Date posted
08 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
432-HR560-25
Job locations
Ipswich Hospital
Heath Road
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ipswich Hospital
Heath Road
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
Employer's website
https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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