# Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/92cfa6f5-7e11-452d-b8e7-94a78b0e7536 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/occupational-therapist/92cfa6f5-7e11-452d-b8e7-94a78b0e7536.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cambridge - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 9 months (Fixed Term/Secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 15 hours per week (Ideally Tuesdays and Wednesdays but can be flexible) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T10:51:41.257Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/Cambridgeshire_Peterborough_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Occupational_Therapy/Occupational_Therapy-v8174366 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8174366?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 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 of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website ### Detailed job description and main 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 specialist occupational focused interventions including sensory integration/ approaches and enabling/reablement approaches. 6. The occupational therapist may be asked to undertake the role of care coordinator for 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 ### 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 ### 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. ### 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 ### 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 ## Documents - [ot jdps (pdf, 240.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10476984) - [cpft values (pdf, 114.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1743) - [cpft benefits (pdf, 74.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2967) - [cpft accommodation (pdf, 713.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2805) - [cpft mindful employers (pdf, 51.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1744) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.