Specialist Occupational Therapist

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to provide specialist assessments and interventions within mental health and learning disability services across the county. You will work autonomously with patients, operate within HCPC and COT standards, and collaborate with the MDT to deliver person-centred care.

A full driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Occupational Therapy bachelor level qualification.
• HCPC registered OT.
• Experience with mental health or learning disabilities and building therapeutic relationships.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act framework.
• Ability to plan and manage own caseload.
• Experience supervising junior staff.
• Experience developing therapeutic timetable of interventions.
• Understanding of mental health assessments and practice models.
• Understanding safeguarding and Mental Capacity Act.
• Understanding research in the field.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist OT assessments and interventions.
• Maintain standards per HCPC and COT.
• Manage patients with complex needs with autonomy.
• Plan and implement individual/group interventions with patients.
• Provide leadership to OT staff and supervise students.
• Work with MDT to ensure high standard of care.

Skills

OT assessment

Clinical reasoning

MDT collaboration

Communication

Education

HCPC registered OT

OT bachelor's degree

Tools

IT systems

Job description

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

• The post holder will provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of Recovery.
• The post holder will maintain standards of occupational therapy practice as directed by the Trust AHP lead and in accordance with HCPC and COT standard.
• The post holder will use specialist skills and specialist clinical reasoning to manage patients with complex needs, working with a high degree of autonomy and referring to senior staff when necessary.
• The post holder will plan and implement individual and/or group interventions working collaboratively with patients, to enable them to achieve their goals.
• Be professionally and legally accountable and responsible as an autonomous practitioner and to undertake a significant clinical workload, providing care to patients with a range of psycho-social, physical and emotional problems.
• The post holder will promote equality of outcome for service users that reflect their mental health needs and those of ethnicity, gender, culture, physical health and age.
• The post holder will promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidenced based practice.
• The post holder will work collaboratively with all disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to assure a high standard of care for service users and their relatives/carers.
• The post holder will provide leadership to junior occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistants within area of specialism and designated work area, through professional supervision and appraisal.
• The post holder will undertake the supervision of occupational therapy students on practice placements.

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

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Occupational Therapy bachelor level qualification
• HCPC registered OT

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with people with a range of mental health problems or learning disabilities and being able to build therapeutic relationships.
• Experience or knowledge of working within the legal framework of the Mental Health Act.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and manage their own caseload workload
• Experience of clinical and managerial supervision of junior staff
• Experience of developing a therapeutic timetable of interventions that would meet the needs of this client group
• Understanding and knowledge of a wide range of occupational therapy assessments, interventions and practice models relevant to the client group
• Understanding of safeguarding, commissioning of care and Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity act
• Understanding of research in field

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Specialist knowledge of OT assessment, intervention, and practice models relevant to this client group.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to summarise information and communicate with OT/MDT colleagues
• Ability to communicate effectively with people with mental health conditions, in distress or have communication difficulties
• Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
• Basic understanding of physical health conditions that affect this client group
• Good understanding of IT skills and a willingness to learn system specific to the role.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential criteria

• Understanding and knowledge of a wide range of occupational therapy assessments, interventions and practice models relevant to the client group
• Understanding of safeguarding, commissioning of care and Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity act

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria

• Routine and regular use of computer.
• Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Other

Essential criteria

• Willingness to be flexible in approach and attitude.
• Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect
• Positive approach to working with older people

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 and young people's mental health services;
• Children's community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• 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 visi