Occupational Therapist

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The Occupational Therapist will manage a defined caseload and will carry out OT assessments, treatment and evaluation of interventions to identify barriers to an individual’s level of functioning in important occupations and within relevant contexts. They will scaffold improvements in occupational performance, using graded treatment programmes, on individual or group work basis, to enable and rehabilitate functional participation in identified occupations, maximising independence within the individual’s living and community environments, including people and places.

By engaging in the professional OT supervision process with a senior Occupational Therapist, the post holder will participate in the delivery of an evidenced based Occupational Therapy service, providing occupation-focused intervention. This will involve collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, to support the workings of the wider team with information gathering, assessment, synthesis of assessment findings, provision of occupation-focused verbal and written feedback to the MDT, and third sector as necessary, in support of formulation, intervention and discharge planning.

Main duties of the job

Job overview

The Occupational Therapist will manage a defined caseload and will carry out OT assessments, treatment and evaluation of interventions to identify barriers to an individual’s level of functioning in important occupations and within relevant contexts. They will scaffold improvements in occupational performance, using graded treatment programmes, on individual or group work basis, to enable and rehabilitate functional participation in identified occupations, maximising independence within the individual’s living and community environments, including people and places.

By engaging in the professional OT supervision process with a senior Occupational Therapist, the post holder will participate in the delivery of an evidenced based Occupational Therapy service, providing occupation-focused intervention. This will involve collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, to support the workings of the wider team with information gathering, assessment, synthesis of assessment findings, provision of occupation-focused verbal and written feedback to the MDT, and third sector as necessary, in support of formulation, intervention and discharge planning.

Main duties of the job

• To comply with the RCOT Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct and national and local policies and procedures.
• Actively listen to and seek views of others within MDT to facilitate sheared decision-making
• To be aware of diversity issues and contribute to discussion which will affect the planning of services to meet individual needs.
• To review and reflect on personal practice and performance through participation in established supervision and appraisal systems.
• To apply acquired skills and knowledge of professional practice in order to develop competence and fitness to practice as an Occupational Therapist, facilitated through engagement in the professional clinical supervision process.
• To demonstrate ongoing professional development through participation in internal and external development opportunities mentoring programme, recording learning outcomes in a portfolio and statutory training.
• To be aware of risk issues and contribute to the risk assessment and risk management planning for individuals.
• To demonstrate understanding of national guidelines and legislation relating to health and social, care and their impact on service provision.
• Implement practices that promote participation, inclusivity and the rights of people who access OT services, their families and carers in line with their choices and support others to do so

Working for our organisation

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.

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