Advanced Occupational Therapist

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking an Advanced Occupational Therapist to lead and deliver specialist assessments and interventions within the Norfolk Community Eating Disorder Service. The role involves maintaining high standards of care, collaborating within a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring user-focused therapeutic practices. This position requires strong professional development and the ability to engage with service users and their families effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience with psychological therapies and evidence-based interventions.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong communication skills for user and carer involvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessments and guidance to service users and families.
• Lead on multidisciplinary care planning and maintain high-quality records.
• Encourage service-user and carer involvement in recovery.

Skills

Therapeutic milieu maintenance

Evidence-based interventions (CBT, DBT)

Multidisciplinary care planning

Education

Relevant occupational therapy qualification

Job description

Role Overview

The Advanced Occupational Therapist within the Norfolk Community Eating Disorder Service will provide inspirational specialist practice leadership within the team, conduct specialist assessments, offer advice and guidance, and ensure the implementation of psychological therapies and evidence‑based interventions for service users, families and carers.

Working Areas

The post will work across pathways including Intensive Community Support, ARFID, the Embodied Trauma pathway, and may introduce sensory integration modules.

Key Responsibilities

1. Ensure a therapeutic milieu is maintained by supporting the clinical team and therapeutic structure.
2. Take a lead role in ensuring a high standard of multidisciplinary care planning, be accountable for the clinical contribution to the process and ensure the team provides accurate and high‑quality patient records.
3. Maintain personal and professional development by providing direct clinical work to individuals and their families with appropriate evidence‑based interventions (CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, solution‑focused therapy), and by offering groups and activities in line with the recovery model.
4. Participate in research and audit in the clinical field.
5. Encourage and develop service‑user and carer involvement.
6. Support the Directorate with the investigation process and learning lessons from serious incidents and complaints.
7. Undertake any other duties which may reasonably be required by the Service manager.

About the Service

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high‑quality care with compassion. Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services in community and hospital settings, covering children, adults, older people, forensic & specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care & liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research & development.

Equality & Diversity

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including disabled people, members of ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.