Overview
Senior Neuro Rotational Occupational Therapist – Band 6. Contract: Permanent. Hours: 37.5 per week. Options include Full time, Part time, and Flexible working.
Job overview
A sought after opportunity has arisen for a Senior Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy Department in Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
We are looking for an innovative team player to join the Neuro rotational programme which covers a wide variety of clinical areas: Stroke, Neuro-rehabilitation, Neurosciences, Intensive Care and Major Trauma.
You will be an experienced Occupational Therapist with good communication and a wide range of clinical skills and some experience working with patients with a neurological diagnosis. You will also have some experience of developing service improvement projects.
As a proven Clinical Educator, you will play a role in providing placements to OT students and take part in our education programme.
You will provide comprehensive occupational therapy to patients, working autonomously and without direct supervision, integrating the available evidence-base. You will ensure safe and effective delivery of occupational therapy and work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.
If you are experienced at working in Acute Care / Community with complex patients, committed to improving patient care and patient flow, practice evidence based therapy and enjoy working in a team then this is the job for you.
In return we can offer you a friendly and supportive environment in which to develop and excel in your career.
Main duties of the job
* To provide highly specialised acute and early rehabilitation to patients in your caseload.
* To support and work alongside other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure delivery of the highest possible standard of service.
* To actively participate in the training and development of junior staff members, Therapy Assistants and Apprentices.
* To lead on service development projects.
* To support the Team Leader in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Occupational Therapy Service on a day-to-day basis.
* To be an integral part of the highly specialised multidisciplinary team in your working area including Consultants, Specialist Nurses and Specialist Physiotherapists.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: applied for a Graduate visa, or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment, or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 24th September 2025.
Interviews are due to be held on 8th October 2025.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Occupational Therapist registered with Health and Care Professions Council
* Degree or Diploma of Occupational Therapy
* Evidence of CPD
* Willing to undertake fieldwork educators training
* Member of RCOT
* Member of specialist Section / special interest group
Experience
* Significant acute care experience working with patients of all ages with a wide range of neurological conditions and any medical / surgical co-morbidities
* Significant experience of complex case management
* Experience in teaching and delivery of presentations
* Experience of supervising students on placements
* Varied clinical experience
* Experience of working in either Healthcare or social care
* Experience of administering and analysing standardised cognitive assessments
* Experience of audit/EBP/research process
* Experience of supervision of Occupational Therapy Assistants and Technicians
* Experience supervising Band 5 Occupational Therapists
* Experience working with patients with a diagnosis of cancer
* Experience working with patients with poly-trauma
* Experience in tonal management
* Experience working in social care
Knowledge
* To be competent in all stages of the Occupational Therapy process
* Working knowledge of a wide range of medical, surgical and neuro conditions
* Positively promotes occupational therapy
* Working knowledge of a variety of outcome measures
* Knowledge of government documents and legislation relating to healthcare, social care, housing and education
Skills
* Close team working in a variety of settings
* Strong interpersonal skills
* Effective prioritisation and management of workload pressures
* Able to manage caseload independently
* Neuro Moving and Handling skills
* Ability to deputise for Occupational Therapy Team Leader
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
* Able to work weekends or ‘on-call’ as needed
* Ability to travel with or without patients throughout the district on a regular basis
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Rosie Davis Job title Occupational Therapy Team Lead for Neurosciences Email address rosie.davis15@nhs.net Telephone number 01223 217244
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