Home First Therapy Assessor

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Saltash; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Home First East Team Assessor to join our multidisciplinary community team. You will triage referrals, assess patients in their homes or care settings, and plan evidence-based treatments to help people stay independent and avoid unnecessary hospital stays.

You will work with nursing staff, therapists and admin colleagues to deliver high-quality, person-centred care across Cornwall.

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy.
• HCPC registered, NMC Registered.
• Substantial post registration clinical experience in a similar role.
• Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.
• Postgraduate CPD to support practice; degree equivalent level.

Responsibilities

• Triaging referrals and undertaking holistic assessments.
• Developing and delivering evidence-based treatment plans for adults.
• Working in patients' homes, residential and nursing homes to support independence and avoid hospital admissions.
• Collaborating with community and acute services, Adult Social Care and primary care to ensure seamless, person-centred care.
• Contribute to high-quality, compassionate community-based care.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical risk management

Safeguarding

Verbal and written communication

Teaching and mentoring

IT literate

Team working

Education

Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy degree/diploma

HCPC registration

NMC registration

Post-registration experience

CPD / postgraduate courses

Experience in community/inpatient settings

Job description

Main area Homefirst Assessor Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Covers 8am-6pm, 7 days a week) Job ref 201-26-861

Site St Barnabas Hospital Town Saltash Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The Home First East Team covers the Caradon area in East Cornwall and provides a responsive, multidisciplinary approach to supporting the intermediate care needs of our local population.

Our team comprises registered and non-registered nursing staff, therapists, and administrative colleagues who work together to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. We are committed to helping people remain as independent as possible within their own homes and communities, supporting admission avoidance, hospital discharge, and recovery from illness or injury.

We are looking for a motivated and compassionate practitioner to join our Community Response Team.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for triaging referrals, undertaking holistic assessments, and developing and delivering evidence-based treatment plans for adults across the locality.

Working within patients' own homes, residential care homes and nursing homes, you will play a key role in supporting people to maintain their independence and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.

You will work as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team, collaborating closely with colleagues across community and acute services, Adult Social Care, primary care and voluntary sector organisations. Strong communication and partnership-working skills are essential to ensure seamless, person-centred care and positive outcomes for patients and their families.

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic clinician who is passionate about delivering high-quality community-based care and making a real difference within local communities.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live her. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• Degree or diploma in Occupational Therapy or Physiotherapy
• HCPC registered, NMC Registered
• Substantial post registration clinical experience in a similar role
• Extensive experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Evidence of appropriate postgraduate courses and CPD to support practice, to degree equivalent level
• A broad range of clinical experience in a variety of community and inpatient settings

Knowledge and Abilities

• Confident and competent leadership with the ability to work in diverse and complex situations
• Ability to make clinical risk-management decisions in lone-working situations
• Awareness of safeguarding policies and procedures

Skills and Aptitude

• Excellent clinical skills
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills that will enable to post holder to work effectively across boundaries and in a variety of settings.
• Imparting bad news to patients and their families/carers; demonstrating the ability to communicate in a form and manner that is consistent with the level of understanding, culture, background and preferred communication method of each individual
• Clear understanding of clinical effectiveness and the need to provide evidence based care
• IT literate
• Teaching, Assessing, coaching and mentoring skills to facilitate an effective learning environment for staff and students

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Cathy Martin Job title Team Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01579 373572 Additional information

Please note w e are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction. Please note: If you need sponsorship, please check the requirements for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) on the gov.uk website to see if you're eligible before applying.

The Health Jobs UK website has jobs from numerous employers, within health and care across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute medical, surgical and specialist services to a population of around 500,000 which can increase significantly during the busy holiday periods.