Job summary
Fenland Adult Locality Team is the community mental health team based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. We are a small team, looking for a full time Occupational Therapist (OT). This is a new post within the team, and you will be overseeing the OT pathways, ensuring a smooth flow for the patient journey. This will include occupational, functional, sensory and reablement pathways.
You will be managing and overseeing the waiting list for all pathways, assessing patients, working with the support workers who work under the reablement pathway, providing supervision where appropriate. You will also be crucial in ensuring this workstream is imbedded within the team, to provide a holistic and cohesive approach for the patient, while they are under our service.
FALT is a very small team and we work very well as a fully functioning MDT, where we are fully aligned to the recovery model.
Main duties of the job
The occupational therapist will provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of recovery and enablement/reablement.
The post holder will use specialist clinical skills and reasoning to manage a caseload with complex needs, working with a high degree of autonomy and referring to senior staff when necessary.
The occupational therapist 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 adaptions to the service user's social and physical environment.
The role works collaboratively with service users to promote vocational rehabilitation and act as a team resource/specialist in vocational rehabilitation and employment.
The occupational therapist will contribute to the delivery of specialist occupational focused interventions including sensory integration/ approaches and enabling/reablement approaches.
The occupational therapist will ensure that all care planning will involve the service user and where appropriate the carer, collaboratively identifying, pursuing and reviewing goals in the context of care planning.
About us
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting andempowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. 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.
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
1. To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessments to identify needs, leading to formulation and implementation of individual treatment programmes and evaluation.
2. Occupational therapists are expected to work with the framework and contribute to the Trust Care Programme Approach.
3. The occupational therapist will be responsible for risk assessment and management both within the CPA process but more specifically when considering an individuals level of functioning and ability to live independently, under supervision of a specialist occupational therapist.
4. The occupational therapist interprets assessments, evaluating the impact of illness, disability or environmental factors on the individual's ability to carry out his or her desired activities and occupations.
5. Occupational therapist is responsible for evaluation, modifying and monitoring the treatment interventions they provide under supervision of the advanced occupational therapist.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
1. To undertake specialist occupational therapy assessments to identify needs, leading to formulation and implementation of individual treatment programmes and evaluation.
2. Occupational therapists are expected to work with the framework and contribute to the Trust Care Programme Approach.
3. The occupational therapist will be responsible for risk assessment and management both within the CPA process but more specifically when considering an individuals level of functioning and ability to live independently, under supervision of a specialist occupational therapist.
4. The occupational therapist interprets assessments, evaluating the impact of illness, disability or environmental factors on the individual's ability to carry out his or her desired activities and occupations.
5. Occupational therapist is responsible for evaluation, modifying and monitoring the treatment interventions they provide under supervision of the advanced occupational therapist.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- HCPC Professional Registration as OT
- Additional clinical training relevant to specialism.
Desirable
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Additional training in specialist standardised assessments.
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with a range of mental health or learning disability challenges.
- Experience of working with a range of statutory and nonstatutory services.
- Working with carers or families.
- Experience of supervising others.
Desirable
- Service development or evaluation projects.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Able to record information clearly and accurately
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Computer/IT skills
- Excellent problem solving and reasoning skills.
Desirable
- Personal time management
- Able to prioritise
Knowledge and understanding
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of OT assessment, intervention and practice models relevant to the service user group (MoHO)
- Knowledge of HCPC professional standards
- Knowledge of developments in occupational therapy practice relevant to setting.
physical requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel with or without patients throughout Cambridgeshire on a daily basis.
- Car available for work purposes.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
- HCPC Professional Registration as OT
- Additional clinical training relevant to specialism.
Desirable
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Additional training in specialist standardised assessments.
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with a range of mental health or learning disability challenges.
- Experience of working with a range of statutory and nonstatutory services.
- Working with carers or families.
- Experience of supervising others.
Desirable
- Service development or evaluation projects.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision
- Able to record information clearly and accurately
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Computer/IT skills
- Excellent problem solving and reasoning skills.
Desirable
- Personal time management
- Able to prioritise
Knowledge and understanding
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of OT assessment, intervention and practice models relevant to the service user group (MoHO)
- Knowledge of HCPC professional standards
- Knowledge of developments in occupational therapy practice relevant to setting.
physical requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently in accordance with Trust policies and service need
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel with or without patients throughout Cambridgeshire on a daily basis.
- Car available for work purposes.
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
