Senior Occupational Therapist

To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team.

To be responsible for own caseload and undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.

To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide adaptive equipment, rehabilitation programmes, and make recommendations for minor adaptations in line with current legislation.

To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making. To provide support and education to peers, new staff non-registered staff and students.

To be accountable for a delegated caseload held by Band 5 Therapists and Assistant Practitioners.

To prioritise all patients' tasks according to clinical need and to allocate or signpost appropriately. To provide a high standard of care.

To work in various community settings within CPFT as required, completing access and home visits.

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 If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.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

Essential: - Degree or equivalent, eg. BSc, MSc or Diploma entry level qualification into the OT profession; - Current HCPC registration; - Documented evidence of own continuing professional development; - Willingness to undertake Fieldwork/Practice Educator qualification

Desirable: - Member of COT; - Fieldwork/Practice Educator qualification

Essential: - Relevant post-graduate clinical experience in a variety of settings; - Clinical supervisor; - Experience & knowledge of minor adaptations & provision of equipment.

Desirable: - Community Experience; - Experience and knowledge of housing legislation and major adaptations.

Essential: - Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision; - Ability to work flexibly as part of a team; - Good communication skills; - Good report writing; - Able to assess plan and implement care; - Support Integrated Care Workers; - Standard keyboard skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word; - Time Management and prioritisation skills

Essential: - Accepts responsibility 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; - Demonstrates professional curiosity; - Responsible for maintaining registration with HCPC and/or other professional bodies; - Knowledge of relevant outcome measures

Desirable: - SystmOne

Essential: - The ability to kneel, bend & stoop and work in cramped environments; - Move and manoeuvre people and equipment; - Manoeuvre patients using moving and handling aids

Essential: - Demonstrates empathy for the concerns of others; - Listens to and understands directly and indirectly expressed feelings; - Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems; - Shows respect for others' feelings, views and circumstances; - Has a range of mechanisms for dealing with stress, can recognise when to use them and does so; - Positive approach to older people; - Recognise peoples right to privacy and dignity, treating every person with respect; - Willingness to embrace integrated model and new ways of working