Occupational Therapist Lead

Integrated Care System; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a qualified and proactive Occupational Therapist Lead to enhance trauma-informed care within the Psychological Skills Service. You will provide clinical leadership, deliver individualized interventions, and supervise junior colleagues. The role also involves engaging with multidisciplinary teams, emphasizing sensory processing and neurodiversity. Competitive salary along with opportunities for professional development awaits the right candidate.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Opportunity for professional development

Qualifications

• Must be HCPC registered as an Occupational Therapist.
• Leadership and clinical experience is essential.
• Experience working with individuals with complex trauma.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction of Occupational Therapy within PSS.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions for trauma and neurodiversity.
• Manage a complex clinical caseload ensuring comprehensive care.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical reasoning

Trauma-informed care

Sensory processing

Organizational skills

Education

Occupational Therapy bachelor level qualification

HCPC registered OT

Level 3 or above Sensory Integration Training

Leadership training

Tools

Model Of Human Occupation (MOHO)

Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI)

Job description

Go back Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapist Lead

The closing date is 21 August 2025

We are seeking an innovative and proactive Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join the Bridge Street PSS North team, supporting individuals with complex trauma. This role is pivotal in leading and developing the role of Occupational Therapy within the Psychological Skills Service (PSS), with a strong focus on sensory-based and trauma-informed interventions.

Within this role there is an expectation that the successful candidate would work on a Thursday to join and give appropriate clinical advice in our clinical meeting.

There will be the requirement to work from bases in Huntingdon, Cambridge and Fenland depending on clinical need. There will be an exception to co-deliver F2F OT Groups, providing specialist assessments and also providing supervision, and working alongside, Support Workers based in the team.

Main duties of the job

As a senior clinician, you will:

Lead and shape the strategic direction of Occupational Therapy within PSS, ensuring its integration into multidisciplinary care pathways.

Provide clinical and professional leadership to other Occupational Therapists, including supervision, development planning, and quality assurance.

Deliver specialist, evidence-based interventions (individual and group), including "Coping with My Senses" and sensory modulation/interception-focused work.

Train and consult with multidisciplinary colleagues, enabling them to incorporate sensory modulation strategies into their psychological therapy or support work, enhancing outcomes for individuals with trauma and neurodivergence.

Promote occupational performance and engagement in meaningful activities across self-care, productivity, and leisure.

Champion a neurodiversity-affirming and trauma-informed approach, supporting individuals to build self-regulation, restore occupational balance, and recognise sensory differences as strengths.

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.

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

Job responsibilities

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

Manage a complex and specialist clinical caseload.

Conduct comprehensive, holistic assessments using Model Of HumanOccupation MOHO and Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI).

Deliver specialist, evidence-based interventions (individual and group),including Coping with My Senses and sensory modulation/interception focused work.

Support individuals in understanding and managing the impact ofdevelopmental trauma and neurodivergence on sensory processing andoccupational functioning.

Promote occupational performance and engagement in meaningful activities across self-care, productivity, and leisure.

Undertake clinical reasoning, formulation, and treatment planning.

Use MOHO and Therapy Outcome Measures (TOMs) for assessment andoutcome tracking.

Communicate sensitively with service users and carers, especially inchallenging or distressing situations.

Support social inclusion and promote physical and mental well-being.

Engage in safe lone working when required, following protocols

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Occupational Therapy bachelor level qualification
• HCPC registered OT
• Training in supervision and appraisal
• Level 3 or above Sensory Integration Training
• Leadership training
• Additional training in specialised standardised assessments

Experience

• Experience of working with people with a range of mental health problems or learning disabilities.
• Experience of clinical and managerial supervision of junior staff
• Experience of working with a range statutory and non-statutory services
• Experience delivering Sensory interventions
• Experience of delivering groups focused on sensory integration
• Experience of working with neurodiversity
• Experience of leading Service development or evaluation projects

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to lead the OT team and work autonomously using own initiative
• To plan, undertake group work and evaluate
• Specialist knowledge of OT assessment, intervention and practice models relevant to the client group (service users who have experience trauma)
• Ability to use relevant measures to understand a service users sensory profile and create an effective treatment plan using Ayres Sensory Integration principles
• To communicate OT treatment plans and clinical reasoning for interventions to other members of the multidisciplinary team and to work in collaboration with other disciplines and staff

Knowledge and Understanding

• The post holder should have a specialist knowledge of relevant theoretical frameworks, including the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and be able theory to practice to facilitate high quality assessment and treatment.
• The post holder should have a specialist understanding and experience of relevant areas of research and practice, including trauma informed care, personality disorder, mental health and forensic risk issues and treatment needs
• Demonstrate experience of delivering/ contributing to group programmes
• An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems from a trauma informed perspective
• Good knowledge and understanding of safeguarding vulnerable adults and children
• Highly Specialist OT, with additional knowledge acquired through formal specialist training

Physical Requirements

• Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust Policies and service need

Other

• Excellent organisational skills
• Motivated to own professional development and the development of the service
• Committed to promoting a positive image of the occupational therapy service

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

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum pro rata