(*) D2A Reablement - Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist to join the D2A Reablement team delivering care in patients' homes. The role focuses on reablement and rehabilitation to promote independence and reduce readmission, working within an MDT and with a domiciliary care partner.

You will undertake community assessments, develop care plans, and coordinate services across agencies, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care and ongoing professional

Qualifications

• Experience of working in the acute or a community setting will be helpful.
• The role will involve working with multiple agencies, inside and outside of the hospital, to provide the best service for the people in our care.
• Successful candidates will need to establish and maintain excellent communication with a variety of service users and staff groups, assessment and formulate treatment plans.
• Be responsible for undertaking assessment in the community for patients under the D2A reablement pathway.
• Coordinate services by undertaking a person-centered assessment; developing, implementing and evaluating care plans.

Responsibilities

• The Therapist will need to work holistically within the MDT and utilise their profession specific skill-set to deliver high quality care and support and rehab to the patient in their own home.
• All these skills are competency led, and appropriate training will be provided where needed.
• Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients.

Job description

(**) D2A Reablement - Occupational Therapist/Physiotherapist

Company:

Company: Southend University Hospital NHS Trust

A Vacancy at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity to work within a developing and expanding team has arisen to work as a reablement therapist in Mid-Essex. The Discharge to Assess (D2A) team member will provide reablement therapy and support to people in their own home alongside the reablement domiciliary care provider. This is to ensure patients needs are being met at home, provide reablement and rehabilitation at home with a focus on improving the adults independence and outcomes.

The Therapist (Occupational Therapist or Physiotherapist) will need to work holistically within the MDT and utilise their profession specific skill-set to deliver high quality care and support and rehab to the patient in their own home.

Experience of working in the acute or a community setting will be helpful. The role will involve working with multiple agencies, inside and outside of the hospital, to provide the best service for the people in our care.

Successful candidates will need to establish and maintain excellent communication with a variety of service users and staff groups, assessment and formulate treatment plans and work within a variety of clinical and non-clinical environments. They will be professionally and legally accountable for their caseload and documentation.

Due to the nature of the role, you will be required to hold a valid UK driving licence and access to their own mode of transport as frequent travel in require for this role.

Be responsible for undertaking assessment in the community for patients under the D2A reablement pathway. Assessment to identify a patient's therapy needs and provide intervention to promote safety, independence and reduce the risk of re-admission or harm.

Coordinate services by undertaking a person-centered assessment; developing, implementing and evaluating care plans, assessing equipment needs and potentially working on rehabilitation goals as service capacity allows.

Work autonomously within professional guidelines and the overall framework of the service’s policies and procedures.

The team is a multi-skilled team and all staff will receive training to be multi-skilled to provide comprehensive assessments and treatment of patients.

You will undertake the learning and the implementation of new specialist skills and knowledge to include some physiotherapy skills or Occupational therapy skills. This may also include assessing for and requesting health or social care packages, or indicating a patients ongoing needs as part of an MDT with ASC and the care provider . All these skills are competency led, and appropriate training will be provided where needed.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

For more details on this varied and rewarding role, please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Oct 2026