Specialist Occupational Therapist in Liversedge

This role offers a unique rotational opportunity across three dynamic service areas: Urgent Community Response (UCR), Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC), and Intermediate Care (IMC). You will spend approximately one year in each setting, gaining broad and valuable experience across the full patient pathway, from rapid response in the community, safe and effective hospital discharge, to supporting recovery and independence in intermediate care.

Do you have a passion for Urgent Community Response? Do you have strong communication skills? Do you enjoy working as part of an MDT?

Our Urgent Community Response team, part of Locala’s Integrated Community Services, is comprised of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Assistant Practitioners and Healthcare Assistants. An opportunity has arisen for a motivated Occupational Therapist to join our team. The service covers Community settings and offers a 7 day service, from 8am until 8pm, providing assessment, treatment and evaluation of clients’ needs, in a short term intervention program. The team’s aim is to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital and provide Urgent Community Response.

The post holder will require excellent communication skills to build complex relationships and network with key stakeholders to enable integration. Using initiative is essential, as is skill sharing with colleagues within the team, and the wider organisation. It is essential that all the team members work closely together, to truly integrate an MDT and provide a comprehensive service, utilising the Calderdale framework.

There are opportunities for therapy skills development and further education opportunities. We are committed to supporting CPD through our robust appraisal system. This is supported by in-service training, access to external courses and clinical supervision. Locala is committed to helping employees achieve a positive work‑life balance and promotes mobile working. Staff are provided with mobile technology.

To discuss the role further, please contact – Sasha Corion - sasha.corion@locala.org.uk or Catherine Mitchell - catherine.mitchell@locala.org.uk. Please note – this position may be subject to DBS check. Closing date – 19/03/2026. We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos. Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants 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 meet all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”

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%.
• Refer a Friend Scheme - If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.