Senior Occupational Therapist
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you dynamic, enthusiastic and wanting to make a difference? Can you make a difference to someone's quality of life? Can you help patients be where they want to be sooner?
We are excited to have a vacancy for a Senior Occupational Therapist to provide therapy support in our team based in Peterborough Intermediate Care Team in the community within peoples homes, but will be covering Hunts locality as the need arises as part of the wider North Intermediate Care Service.
Weprovide outstanding, patient focused, community based health care and therapy, optimising peoples potential to achieve their goals by supporting earlier discharge from hospital; early assessment for care needs and avoidance of hospital admission.
If you are looking for a new challenge, are dynamic, flexible and enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team making a difference in our community then you are the right person for us.
Main duties of the job
- To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team, neighbourhood teams.
- 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 and major 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 supervise junior staff and students, overseeing patient intervention and ensure that Assistant Practitioners and Integrated Care Workers deliver high quality patient care.
About us
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.
Date posted
16 September 2022
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
310-OPAC-3572929-F
Job locations
Peterborough
Phorpres Close
Peterborough
PE7 8FZ
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Peterborough
Phorpres Close
Peterborough
PE7 8FZ
Employer's website
https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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