occupational therapist

Join us as a Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6) in our brand-new Assertive Outreach Team. This is a unique opportunity to help shape this service for adults with complex and severe mental health needs. Role can be based in Cambridge or Peterborough. You'll be part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, delivering specialist OT assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and recovery principles. Your work will empower service users to achieve independence, overcome barriers, and reach their vocational and employment goals. If you're passionate about making a real difference, thrive on challenge, and want to be part of a team that values compassion, creativity, and evidence-based practice, we want to hear from you. This is your chance to help build a service that truly changes lives., You will be required to travel independently around the county and will need to hold a full UK driving licence

• and have the use of a vehicle. Unfortunately, public transport will not provide enough reliable transportation to enable you to meet the needs of the service. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
• DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website.
+ The Specialist Occupational Therapist will deliver a high-quality, evidence-based OT service within the Assertive Outreach Team, supporting adults with complex mental health needs. The role involves specialist assessments, interventions, and care coordination, underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and recovery principles. + You'll work closely with service users, carers, and colleagues to develop and implement individualised care plans, promote independence, and support vocational and employment outcomes. The post holder will also contribute to service development, quality improvement, and research, ensuring the service remains innovative and responsive to changing needs. Leadership, supervision, and a commitment to professional development are essential., 1. The occupational therapist will provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of recovery and enablement/reablement. 2. The occupational therapist will use specialist clinical skills and reasoning to manage a caseload with complex needs, working with a high degree of autonomy and referring to senior staff when necessary. 3. The occupational therapist will apply a high level of understanding of the effects of mental and physical health conditions on occupational performance, providing training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptions to the service user's social and physical environment. 4. The occupational therapist will work collaboratively with service users to promote vocational rehabilitation and act as a team resource/specialist in vocational rehabilitation and employment. 5. The occupational therapist will contribute to the delivery of specialist occupational focused interventions including sensory integration/ approaches and enabling/reablement approaches. 6. The occupational therapist may be asked to undertake the role of care co-ordinator for a defined clinical caseload of service users with complex mental health needs. 7. The occupational therapist will ensure that all care planning will involve the service user and where appropriate the carer, collaboratively identifying, pursuing and reviewing goals in the context of care planning. 8. The occupational therapist will plan and implement specialist individual and /or group interventions collaboratively, to enable service users to achieve valued goals and desired occupational performance outcomes. 9. The occupational therapist will promote equality of outcome (including physical health) for people who experience mental health distress. 10. The occupational therapist will promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidence-based practice.

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 a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include 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, research and development. To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications., Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services. We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including: + Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people; + Specialist mental health and learning disability services; + Children and young people's mental health services; + Children's community services in Peterborough; + Social care; + Ground-breaking research We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity. CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances. Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country. Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over. If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation. All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.