Job summary
This is a fixed term/secondment for 9 months, covering secondment.
We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our Cambridge Adult Locality Team for 9 months secondment cover for 15 hours per week. You should have a degree or relevant professional registration as an Occupational Therapist and will be an active member of a dynamic, highly motivated, skilled and creative team.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under pressure and with a desire for innovation.
You will have the opportunity to manage a caseload of diverse service users, delivering a diverse range of clinical skills and building a therapeutic and recovery-based relationship.
Main duties of the job
The Cambridge Adult Locality team service supports working-age adults who have moderate to severe affective and psychotic disorders. The teams offer support in a number of ways, drawing from the expertise of such a variety of disciplines.
You will be working in a supportive environment that values your supervision and professional development.You will have a voice and role to play in service development.
The role will provide you with an opportunity to work within a sort after area where you experience wider, inter-disciplinary team dynamics. You will also work closely with external agencies and our local authority to support the needs of our service users.
Recovery principles are embedded in the work of the locality teams and 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 ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
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.
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
- 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.2. The occupational therapist 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.3. 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.4. The occupational therapist will work collaboratively with service users to promote vocational rehabilitation and act as a team resource/specialist in vocational rehabilitation and employment.5. With appropriate training the occupational therapist will deliver specialistoccupational focused interventions including sensory integration/ approaches and enabling/reablement approaches.6. The occupational therapist may be asked to undertake the role of care coordinatorfor a defined clinical caseload of service users with complex mental health needs.7. 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.8. The occupational therapist will plan and implement specialist individual and /or group interventions collaboratively, to enable service users to achieve valued goals and desired occupational performance outcomes.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum Bachelor level equivalent training in OT
- Additional clinical training relevant to specialism
- HCPC Professional Registration as OT
Desirable
- Member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with a range of mental health challenges
- Experience of working with a range of statutory and non statutory services
- Working with carers or families
- Experience of supervising others.
Desirable
- Service development or evaluation projects
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Able to record information clearly and accurately
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Good team worker with effective interpersonal skills
- Self management/able to manage own caseload with indirect support
- Able to manage pressure of working in intensive environment
- Ability to deliver specialist occupational focused interventions such as sensory integration, reablement, vocational assessment
Desirable
- Effective personal time management
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Specialist knowledge of OT assessment, intervention and practise models relevant to the service user group (e.g. MoHO)
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act
- Knowledge of RCOT and HCPC professional standards
- Good knowledge and understanding of safeguarding adults at risk of abuse and children
- Knowledge of developments in occupational therapy
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Committed to promoting a positive image of the occupational therapy service
- Seeks guidance appropriately
- 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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Union House
Union Lane
Cambridge
CB4 1PX
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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