Occupational Therapist - Community

Integrated Care System; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service organization based in Cambridge is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join their Community Rehabilitation Service. You will provide high-quality rehabilitation for patients with physical disabilities in their homes. The ideal candidate must hold a degree in Occupational Therapy, be HCPC registered, and have a full UK driving license. This role offers a salary range of £29,970 to £36,483 per annum.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy is essential.
• Registered with HCPC to practice as an Occupational Therapist.
• Evidence of continuing professional development required.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality rehabilitation to patients with physical disabilities.
• Manage own caseload prioritizing according to clinical need.
• Supervise junior staff and ensure patient care standards.

Skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Communication

Empathy

Time management

Flexibility

Education

Degree in Occupational Therapy

Current HCPC registration

Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Go back Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist - Community

The closing date is 07 August 2025

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist, to join the Cambridge North Community Rehabilitation Service based at Histon Police Station, 15 Impington Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9NA.

This role is based in Cambridge and the surrounding area . You would be working as part of a multidisciplinary team providing high quality rehabilitation to patients with physical disabilities in their home environment.

Main duties of the job

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 Therapy 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.

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

About us

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 andempowering 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.

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

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Job responsibilities

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

• 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 allinterventions.
• To ensure that accurate and timely written records are kept which comply with the Trust policy and HCPC guidance, reporting on any issues as appropriate.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent, e.g. BSc, MSc or Diploma entry level qualification into the OT professions.
• Current HCPC registration
• Documented evidence of own continuing professional development
• Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapy

Experience

• Clinical experience in a variety of settings
• Clinical supervisor
• Community experience
• Knowledge of falls prevention
• Accepts responsibility and and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others
• Recognises the limits of own authority within the role
• Seeks and uses professional support appropriately
• Understands the principle of confidentiality
• SystmOne
• Relevant outcome measures

Other

• Demonstrate empathy for the concerns of others
• Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude
• Have a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress; can recognise when to use them and does so

Skills & Abilities

• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Able to work flexibly as part of a team
• Able to assess, plan and implement care
• Understanding of clinical supervision

Physical Requirements

• Hold a full UK driving Licence
• The ability to: Kneel and bend and work in cramped environments
• Travel around work base locality

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum pro rata.