Senior Occupational Therapist – Inpatient Rehab & Autonomy

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Ely; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a rehabilitation-focused Senior Occupational Therapist to join Welney Ward at Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely.

You will work on inpatient wards to support patient flow, conduct holistic assessments, and develop tailored rehabilitation and discharge plans while drawing on specialist therapy knowledge under a band 7 clinical lead. There is scope to contribute to transforming the inpatient rehabilitation service.

Qualifications

• Autonomous practitioner in an integrated multi-professional team.
• Manage own caseload with complex pathologies.
• Use specialist clinical reasoning for assessment and planning.
• Identify patient needs, set goals and provide therapy interventions.
• Provide adaptive equipment, rehab programmes and minor adaptations as required.
• Prioritise tasks based on clinical need and maintain high standard of care.

Responsibilities

• Work as autonomous practitioner within the MDT.
• Assess patients with complex pathologies using specialist reasoning.
• Provide therapy interventions, adaptive equipment and rehabilitation programmes.
• Engage patients and carers in decision making and educate peers and staff.
• Be accountable for a delegated caseload managed by Band 5 Therapists and Assistants.
• Work across inpatient wards and community settings within CPFT as required.

Job description

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a rehabilitation-focused Senior Occupational Therapist to join Welney Ward at Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely.

You will work on inpatient wards to support patient flow, conduct holistic assessments, and develop tailored rehabilitation and discharge plans while drawing on specialist therapy knowledge under a band 7 clinical lead. There is scope to contribute to transforming the inpatient rehabilitation service.