Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist

CPFT; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to drive the Integrated Stroke ESD & Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service across Cambridgeshire. The role involves visiting patients at home, wards and community gyms, with flexible virtual consultation and multidisciplinary team collaboration.

The post requires strong leadership, advanced neuro-OT skills, and the ability to develop pathways while maintaining patient-centred care.

Qualifications

• O.T. degree or equivalent with RCOT registration.
• Experience in neuro rehab settings and leadership roles.
• Leadership qualification and experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical pathways and service development in the Integrated Stroke ESD & Community Neuro Rehab Service.
• Assess, plan and develop specialist OT programmes for complex patients.
• Ensure compliance with care quality standards and provide professional supervision.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Autonomous decision-making

Neuro rehabilitation

Advanced communication

Pathways development

Education

O.T. degree/qualification

RCOT registration

SSNP membership

Leadership training

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to join the Integrated Stroke Early Supported Discharge & Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service. The service provides both stroke rehabilitation & community neuro rehabilitation supporting service users with a variety of complex needs.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an established multi-disciplinary team comprising of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech & Language Therapists, Psychologists, Specialist Nurses & Neuro Rehab assistants.

This role requires the candidate to manage a clinical caseload across the South of Cambridgeshire. The base will be Brookfields – Cambridge or Hinchingbrooke Hospital – Huntingdon.

The role involves visiting patients in their homes, wards or community gyms. There may be times when needed to provide clinical cover elsewhere within Cambridgeshire. The role requires agile working often using virtual consultation to manage a caseload.

Main duties of the job

You will use your clinical skills and knowledge to shape the service, support others in their development. You will work closely with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team and assist the Locality Team Lead with service development. You will be involved as needed in the complaints process and serious incidents reviews.

You will provide comprehensive assessments and deliver evidence-based specialist neuro occupational therapy programmes. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team in supporting patients with physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs to achieve their potential.

We pride ourselves on the development of our workforce and provide a variety of internal and external training opportunities. The successful post holder will receive and provide clinical supervision and an annual appraisal.

The ideal candidate should be flexible and adaptable to support service delivery.

Working for our organisation

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 under represented 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.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

• To have a clinical lead responsibility in the service, developing pathways in conjunction with locality and Service Leads.
• Represent and deputise for the locality team lead as required.
• To assess, plan and develop specialist OT programmes for patients with complex neurological problems and a wide variety of complex needs.
• Using expert knowledge, advanced clinical and autonomous decision-making skills, lead the team to manage patients with highly complex and sometimes unstable health needs.
• Ensure systems are in place to evidence the ward is compliant with care quality commission standards.
• To work as an autonomous specialist practitioner within the multi-professional Integrated Stroke ESD and Community Neuro Rehabilitation Service.
• To be responsible for own caseload and undertake specialist assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using advanced, specialist clinical reasoning skills.
• To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions relating to their physical, functional, psychological and cognitive needs. Provide adaptive equipment, rehabilitation programmes, and work with other OT colleagues to develop recommendations for minor and major adaptations.
• To be responsible for referring the patient onto other services and agencies to ensure their identified needs are met.
• To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent, e.g. BSc, MSc or Diploma entry level qualification into the O.T. profession.
• Theoretical study and experience within a neuro rehab setting to master’s level or equivalent experience.
• Member of RCOT
• Member of Specialist Section Neurological Practice (SSNP)
• Leadership qualification and experience

Experience

• Significant relevant post-graduate clinical experience in a variety of settings including community.
• Specialist knowledge of a broad range of OT client groups.
• Advanced understanding of neuro rehab clinical conditions and clinical experience in managing complex neurological conditions including cognitive problems.
• Experience of being involved in research study
• Awareness of housing legislation, minor and major adaptations.
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
• Demonstrates professional curiosity, educates colleagues through various means.
• Specialist knowledge of neuro rehab including cognition.
• Good understanding of neuro specialist equipment provision.
• Awareness of equipment providers e.g.: NRS.
• Evidence of presenting at a local or national level or willingness to develop skills.

Physical Requirements

• The ability to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
• The ability to use moving and handling equipment to manoeuvre patients.
• Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Other

• Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings
• Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems
• In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down and has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress.
• Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working.
• Willingness to be flexible in in approach and attitude.
• Flexibility to work over seven days per week.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to develop and review clinical pathways and implement change.
• Advanced communication skills and report writing using standard keyboard skills using packages such as word.
• Good time management and prioritisation skills

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’s community services in Peterborough;
• 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.

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.