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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) provides integrated community and mental health, learning disability and social care services of the highest standard due to our continued commitment to quality and service improvement. We aim to support people of all ages to achieve the very best they can for their health and well being. To ensure that we achieve this goal we look to recruit candidates of a high calibre that share our passion for delivering excellent service user care, research and education.

Contact

Address: Elizabeth House; Fulbourn Hospital; Fulbourn; Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; CB21 5EF
Contact Number: 0800 953 7016

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Ref: 310-MASMH-7601090 Vacancy ID: 7601090

Advanced Practitioner - Occupational Therapy

Accepting applications until: 04-Jan-2026 23:59

Vacancy status: Open

Accepting applications until: 04-Jan-2026 23:59

Location

Gwefan: S3 Outpatients
Cyfeiriad: Addenbrookes Hospital
Tref: Cambridge
Cod post: CB2 0QQ
Major / Minor Region: Cambridgeshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Permanent

Oriau

Part time
Flexible working

30 hours per week

Salary

Cyflog: £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
Cyfnod cyflog: Yearly
Gradd: (Band 7)

Specialty

Prif leoliad: Occupational Therapy

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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

To ensure that a therapeutic milieu is maintained by supporting the clinical team and contributing to the therapeutic structure.
To take a lead role in ensuring that a high standard of multi-disciplinary care planning is in place and to be accountable for the clinical contribution to the process. To ensure that the clinical team provide accurate and high-quality patient records.
To maintain personal and professional development by providing direct clinical work to individuals and their families with appropriate evidence-based intervention e.g. CBT, DBT, Motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy, providing groups and activities in line with the recovery model.
To provide leadership for clinicians delivering therapeutic interventions in the Adult Eating Disorder Service and act as a positive role model around new ways of working and professional relationships.
To provide operational management & professional leadership to clinicians working across the Adult Eating Disorder service.
To provide specialist advice to professionals and managers, including in relation to professional governance.
To provide highly specialist occupational therapy assessments, advice and interventions using advanced, clinical reasoning skills.
To provide support, education and professional leadership to non-registered staff and students.
To promote the expansion of occupational therapy roles and perspectives and raise awareness of the relationship between occupation and health.
To 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 environments.
To undertake the delivery of specialist occupational focused interventions including sensory and enabling approaches.
To comply with the HCPC standards and the COT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. This includes providing evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) and participation in professional supervision.
To maintain your own continuing professional development (CPD) by maintaining an awareness of innovations and developments, and to incorporate them as appropriate into your practice.
To participate in research and audit in the clinical field.
To encourage and develop service user and carer involvement.
To support the Directorate with the investigation process and learning lessons from serious incidents and complaints.
To undertake any other duties which may reasonably be required by the Service manager.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
Children and young people’s mental health services;
Children’s community services in Peterborough;
Social care;
Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

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Degree or extensive clinical experience
Professional qualifications in Mental Health Nursing, OT or Social Work
Completion of Mentorship/Coaching Course or intention to complete
Evidence of Continuous professional development

Meini prawf dymunol

Leadership qualification
Qualification in evidence based psychological therapy relevant to eating disorders

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol

Experience of working alongside people with complex eating disorders
Experience of supervising staff clinically
Extensive experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care pathway
Extensive experience of multidisciplinary team working
Extensive experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and no statutory teams and agencies.
Extensive understanding of clinical governance.
Extensive experience of working within the CPA process

Meini prawf dymunol

Experience of leading clinical staff or teams in practice improvement
Lived experience of mental health issues

Skills & Abilities

Meini prawf hanfodol

Advanced Clinical Skills in the delivery of psychological therapies, assessment, planning and delivery of therapeutic intervention
Provision of specialist clinical advice in relation to care delivery
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Excellent ability to develop effective professional relationships with others, (individuals and groups.
Able to establish and maintain communication with individuals, families, carers and groups about difficult or complex matters.
Develop own skills and knowledge and impart information to others to facilitate their development
Strong ability to innovate and implement change
Skills in influencing, empowering, developing and shaping the behaviours of others.
Advanced skills in problem solving
The ability to multitask and mental adaptation to different unpredictable situations

Meini prawf dymunol

Ability to use manual handling techniques

Knowledge & Understanding

Meini prawf hanfodol

Excellent understanding of the relevant professional Code and its application in practice.
Knowledge of MH Act
Knowledge of NICE guidance and other National guidance relevant to delivery of care and safe clinical practice
Advanced specialist knowledge of clinical assessment, intervention and practice models relevant to the client group.