Advanced OT Practitioner

Cambscommunityservices; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health authority in the UK seeks an Advanced Occupational Therapist to join their team in Cambridge. This role involves providing clinical leadership, managing a caseload of clients, and facilitating multi-disciplinary teamwork. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and extensive experience in community settings, including mental health. You will travel independently around the region and support clients through their recovery journey, ensuring high-quality care and service delivery. Strong leadership and innovative skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Professional qualifications in Occupational Therapy and on AHP register.
• Extensive experience in conducting clinical assessments, including risk assessments.
• Experience leading staff or teams in practice improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to the OT pathway within the service.
• Manage a small caseload of clients with OT needs.
• Chair multi-disciplinary meetings for optimal decision making.

Skills

Advanced skills in OT assessment

Problem solving

Clinical risk management

Multi-tasking

Innovating and implementing change

Knowledge of NICE guidelines

Education

Professional qualifications in OT

Degree or extensive clinical experience

Leadership Qualification

Job description

Employer Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Union House Town Cambridge Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rota Salary period Yearly Closing 26/01/2026 23:59

Advanced OT Practitioner

Band 7

Job overview

T his is an exciting opportunity to join the senior leadership of the Cambridge Locality Team as an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist

You will be joining a service supporting working-age adults who have severe affective and psychotic disorders. The team offers care-coordination, a daily duty service, psychiatric assessments, medication reviews, ongoing risk management, care planning, support around benefits and housing, family work & a wide variety of therapeutic interventions.

Recovery principles are embedded at the core of the locality teams & we aim to support people to reach their potential by facilitating hope, empowering autonomy and developing meaning and purpose in life.

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.

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

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist , you will play a pivotal role in delivering coordinated care to a defined caseload. You will provide clinical leadership within the small OT team as well as across the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings, ensuring effective risk management, care planning, and clinical decision-making. You will work alongside the Service manager to complete investigations, manage complaints and subject access requests.

You will support clinicians in managing complex cases, guide discharge planning, and promote smooth clinical throughput. A key part of your role will be fostering strong interfaces with other teams

In this role, you will demonstrate confident and effective leadership by chairing large, multi-agency meetings . You will lead on audits and quality improvement initiatives. A core part of your responsibilities will include delivering clinical supervision, conducting staff appraisals, and fostering professional development within the team.

You will also be involved in ensuring that the service is a positive learning environment for students from various disciplines.

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

1. To provide clinical leadership to the OT pathway within the service. Including oversight of OT functional assessment, sensory integration, reablement and vocational pathway.

2. To offer OT training and development to OT workforce, students and the wider team.

3. To manage a small caseload of clients with OT needs and undertake case management/lead professional as needed.

4. To provide clinical leadership within a designated multidisciplinary meeting to support effective caseload management.

5. To chair the multi disciplinary meetings as needed to ensure optimal clinical decision making.

6. To provide comprehensive OT assessments for service users.

7. To receive operational supervision from the Service Manager or equivalent.

8. To establish professional links with other care groups and professionals supporting the recovery of patients.

9. To work in partnership with other agencies to gain the best person-centred outcome for the individual.

10. To be able to communicate with and meet the needs of families and carers as appropriate to the care group and individual client.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

• Professional qualifications in OT and on AHP register.
• Degree or extensive clinical experience
• Evidence of Continuous professional development
• Leadership Qualification

Experience

• Extensive experience of providing a range of interventions to people
• Experience of working in the community
• Extensive experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of leading staff or teams in practice improvement

Skills and Abilities

• Advanced skills in: OT assessment, planning and therapeutic intervention
• Advanced skills in problem solving and clinical risk management
• The ability to multi-task and mental adaption to different and unpredictable situations
• Strong ability to innovate and implement change
• Experience in audits
• Advanced specialist knowledge of assessment, intervention and practice models relevant to the client group and OT
• Knowledge of NICE guidance and other national guidance relevant to delivery of safe clinical practice
• Knowledge of relevant practice legislation to include the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Care Act.

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.

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’s community services in Peterborough;
• 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 visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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.