Advanced OT Practitioner

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare foundation in Cambridgeshire seeks an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist to join their senior leadership team. This role involves providing clinical leadership, managing complex cases, and supporting recovery for individuals with severe disorders. The ideal candidate will hold a full UK driving licence and a degree in Occupational Therapy, alongside strong skills in care planning and risk management. The position emphasizes teamwork, effective communication, and fostering professional development within a positive learning environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing clinical leadership within a healthcare setting.
• Ability to manage complex cases and provide comprehensive OT assessments.
• Skilled in risk management and effective communication with families and care teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership within the OT team and multi-disciplinary team.
• Support clinicians in managing cases and guide discharge planning.
• Deliver coordinated care to a defined caseload.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Care planning

Risk management

Complex case management

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Full UK driving licence

Occupational Therapy degree

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the senior leadership of the Cambridge Locality Team as an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist.

You will be joining a service supporting working‑age adults who have severe affective and psychotic disorders. The team offers care‑coordination, a daily duty service, psychiatric assessments, medication reviews, ongoing risk management, care planning, support around benefits and housing, family work & a wide variety of therapeutic interventions.

Recovery principles are embedded at the core of the locality teams & we aim to support people to reach their potential by facilitating hope, empowering autonomy and developing meaning and purpose in life.

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. Public transport cannot be used for this role as it is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. 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.

Role Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership within a small OT team and across the wider multi‑disciplinary team; support effective risk management, care planning, and clinical decision‑making.
• Support clinicians in managing complex cases, guide discharge planning, and promote smooth clinical throughput.
• Deliver coordinated care to a defined caseload; complete investigations, manage complaints and subject access requests.
• Lead on audits and quality improvement initiatives; chair large, multi‑agency meetings.
• Deliver clinical supervision, conduct staff appraisals and foster professional development within the team.
• Ensure the service is a positive learning environment for students from various disciplines.
• Establish professional links with other care groups and professionals supporting the recovery of patients.
• Work in partnership with other agencies to gain the best person‑centred outcome for the individual.
• Communicate and meet the needs of families and carers as appropriate.
• Provide comprehensive OT assessments for service users.

Additional Objectives

1. Provide clinical leadership to the OT pathway within the service (including oversight of OT functional assessment, sensory integration, reablement and vocational pathway).
2. Offer OT training and development to OT workforce, students and the wider team.
3. Manage a small caseload of clients with OT needs and undertake case management/lead professional as needed.
4. Provide clinical leadership within a designated multidisciplinary meeting to support effective caseload management.
5. Chair the multi‑disciplinary meetings as needed to ensure optimal clinical decision making.
6. Receive operational supervision from the Service Manager or equivalent.

About the Trust

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver NHS services in community, inpatient and primary care settings, including Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

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

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, your application will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit www.cpft.nhs.uk.

This advert closes on Monday 26 Jan 2026.