This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the dynamic therapists at Cambridgeshire Community Children's Occupational Therapy Service
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our fantastic Team to help us to make a real difference in children and young people’s lives. In return we will provide regular supervision, mentorship, and training so that you enjoy and develop within children’s services.
Our service has been a fully integrated OT service combining health and social care roles for many years. This role is based in the community and involves working at your clinic base, local special schools, family homes, mainstream schools and local pre-school settings. Children seen will have range of disabilities and developmental delays aged between 0-19 years old.
Why not click on the link to the Job Description and find out more about the role.
Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 26 March 2026.
Before applying for this vacancy please be aware of the salary threshold required for a certificate of sponsorship to be granted, i.e. £25,000 (subject to possible Government review). Unfortunately overseas applicants who are new to care may not reach the minimum salary threshold to obtain a certificate of sponsorship.
The post holder will be based at Princess of Wales Hospital in East Cambs and Fenland, and deliver services in nearby areas as service needs dictate. This post will require travel across the county to facilitate regular CPD and mandatory training.
The post holder will be joining a skilled and enthusiastic team of occupational therapists and assistants. We also work closely with our physiotherapy colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. The post-holder will maintain strong links and at times work alongside their specialist housing team-within-a-team OT colleagues who support children and families with major housing adaptations.
You will provide an integrated Occupational Therapy service to children and young people and their families, this will involve crossing traditional health and social care boundaries and promoting close, effective working relationships within the health multi-disciplinary team, the local authority and schools.
You will be responsible for your own caseload and in a supervisory capacity for that of Therapy Assistants and/or students working within your team.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Bailey Mackie Job title: Occupational Therapist Email address: bailey.mackie1@nhs.net
Gerald Maidens, Occupational Therapist
Email: gerald.maidens@nhs.net
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