Senior Occupational Therapist – Cambridgeshire

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist, to join the Cambridge North Villages Community Rehabilitation Team based at 15 Mowlam Close, Impington, Cambridge, CB24 9NA. The role is suitable for an experienced OT. This role is based in the Cambridge area. You would be working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing high quality rehabilitation to patients with physical disabilities in their home environment.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual who is able to work as an autonomous practitioner within the Community Rehabilitation team to provide a high standard of care to our patients. Your role will include assessing, planning and developing specialist occupational therapist programmes for patients with a wide variety of complex needs. You will be responsible for your own caseload, prioritising referrals according to clinical need, signposting appropriately and undertaking assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills. Your role will also include supervision of junior staff and students, overseeing patient intervention and ensuring that Senior Therapy Assistants and Therapy Assistants deliver high quality patient care.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives. Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly underrepresented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications. Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects for your own and delegated work. To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines. To undertake holistic assessment (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of clinical reasoning skills. To use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate. To promote independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting. Organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately. Contribute to risk assessments and health and safety assessments and including immediately reporting any changes/newly identified risks. To demonstrate the importance of gaining patient and carer consent in all interventions.