Join us as a Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6) in our brand-new Assertive Outreach Team. This is a unique opportunity to help shape this service for adults with complex and severe mental health needs. Role can be based in Cambridge or Peterborough.
You will be part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, delivering specialist OT assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and recovery principles. Your work will empower service users to achieve independence, overcome barriers, and reach their vocational and employment goals.
If you're passionate about making a real difference, thrive on challenge, and want to be part of a team that values compassion, creativity, and evidence-based practice, we want to hear from you. This is your chance to help build a service that truly changes lives.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to travel independently around the county and will need to hold a full UK driving licence and have a vehicle. Public transport will not provide enough reliable transportation to meet the needs of the service. Confirm in your application that you meet these criteria.
* The Specialist Occupational Therapist will deliver a high-quality, evidence-based OT service within the Assertive Outreach Team, supporting adults with complex mental health needs. The role involves specialist assessments, interventions, and care coordination, underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and recovery principles.
* You will work closely with service users, carers, and colleagues to develop and implement individualized care plans, promote independence, and support vocational and employment outcomes.
* The post holder will also contribute to service development, quality improvement, and research, ensuring the service remains innovative and responsive to changing needs. Leadership, supervision, and a commitment to professional development are essential.
* You will provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of recovery and enablement/reablement.
* You will use your specialist clinical skills and reasoning to manage a caseload with complex needs, working autonomously and referring to senior staff when necessary.
* You will apply a high level of understanding of the effects of mental and physical health conditions on occupational performance, providing training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service user's social and physical environment.
* You will work collaboratively with service users to promote vocational rehabilitation and act as a team resource/specialist in vocational rehabilitation and employment.
* You will contribute to the delivery of specialist occupational-focused interventions, including sensory integration/approaches and enabling/reablement approaches.
* You may be asked to undertake the role of care coordinator for a defined clinical caseload of service users with complex mental health needs.
* You will ensure that all care planning involves the service user and, where appropriate, the carer, collaboratively identifying, pursuing and reviewing goals within the context of care planning.
* You will plan and implement specialist individual and/or group interventions collaboratively, to enable service users to achieve valued goals and desired occupational performance outcomes.
* You will promote equality of outcome (including physical health) for people who experience mental health distress.
* You will promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidence-based practice.
Qualifications
* Minimum Bachelor level equivalent training in OT
* HCPC Professional Registration as OT
* Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
* Additional training in specialist standardized assessments
Experience
* Experience working with people with a range of mental health or learning disability challenges
* Experience working with patients who experience psychosis
* Experience of working with a range of statutory and non-statutory services
* Lived experience of mental health challenges
Skills & Abilities
* Demonstrated commitment to high quality care and service provision
* Specialist knowledge of OT assessment, intervention and practice models relevant to service user group (e.g. MoHO)
* Knowledge of the Mental Health Act
* Knowledge of RCOT and HCPC professional standards
Physical Requirements
* Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Equal Opportunity Statement
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.
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