Job Description

Overview:

ITOC Band 6 Occupational Therapist

Band 6: 38,682 - 46,580

37.5 Hours/Week

The service runs 0800-1800 across 7 days (1 in 4 weekends).

Permanent

Responsibilities:

The Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC) Team is a dynamic and multi-skilled team consisting of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and Assistant Practitioners. We also work in alignment with social services and other Locala community services.


Our purpose is to support a safe and timely hospital discharge of people who are medically fit, and no longer need hospital care, to a place more suitable to the person's needs. Assessments and care provision can then be tailored to support people to regain strengths and skills so that they can live as independently as possible. We also aim to avoid admission for patients in A&E and Frailty departments who require intervention to allow them to be discharged home.



The main priority of the team is to consider home first with ongoing community interventions, if required



The ITOC model aims to support better outcomes for people leaving hospital by:

Reducing the time people spend in hospital when they no longer need acute care preventing hospital acquired infections and 'deconditioning' (the loss of strength and independence) Assessing people in a more appropriate environment than the hospital giving a more accurate indication of their strengths and needs Providing multidisciplinary reablement and rehabilitation plans, and if necessary short-term care and support, to help people gain and re-gain independence, preventing or reducing need for longer term care. The model also enables the urgent care system to prioritise acute hospital care for those people who need it.


The ITOC teamwork in partnership with individuals and families to identify their own needs and short-term goals, recognising that person-centred care planning and intervention is key to the person accomplishing the outcomes they want to achieve. Occupational Therapists provide therapy assessments and equipment for the patients in A&E, Frailty and the Recovery Hub. They also gain basic physiotherapy competencies and support with all aspects of the ITOC service including triage and reviewing complex patients.



There will also be opportunities to broaden your scope of practice through supporting across the wider service of Unplanned and Intermediate Care

For more information, please contact Elkie Moffatt (Team Leader for Unplanned Care)

elkie.moffatt@locala.org.uk +44 330 165 9839

& Deon Bryan (Complex Discharge Co-Ordinator) deon.bryan@locala.org.uk 07946609074.

Closing date: 24 November 25

Interview date: 18 December 2025

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications

To find out more about Locala see our

Thrive Strategy

For full details of the role please read

job description and person specification

About us

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.



We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues' lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high-quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

"Locala is a 'Disability Confident' employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process."

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy: -

Flexible working

- We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.

Generous pension

- We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8% *

Development opportunities

- We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.