Occupational Therapist

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join the Peterborough Community Rehabilitation Service based at Botolph Bridge Community Health Centre, Peterborough.

This role is community based covering Peterborough and the surrounding area. You willbe working as part of a multidisciplinary therapy team providing high quality rehabilitation to patients with physical disabilities in their home environment.

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.

• We are looking for a self-motivated individual who is able to work as an autonomous practitioner within the Integrated Multi Professional Community Rehabilitation Team to provide a high standard of care to our patients.
• Your role will include assessing, planning and developing specialist occupational therapist programmes for patients with a wide variety of complex needs.

You will be responsible for your own caseload, prioritising referrals according to clinical need, signposting appropriately and undertaking assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using advanced, specialist clinical reasoning skills.

Your role will also include supervision of junior staff and students, overseeing patient intervention and ensuring that Therapy Assistants deliver high quality patient care.

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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.

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

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

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Tomlinson-May Job title: Senior Occupational Therapist Email address: Gemma.TomlinsonMay@cpft.nhs.uk