Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT)
Occupational Therapist
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Occupational Therapist Secondment Opportunity
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.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have:
- A strong team work ethic
- A sense of accountability
- The ability to work under pressure
- A desire for innovation
Role Description
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.
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.
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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.
Requirements
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
About Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
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 and empowering 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.
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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
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
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Name: Heather Beattie-Yakub
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Job title: Operational Lead
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Email address: heather.beattie-yakub@cpft.nhs.uk
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Telephone number: 01223341500
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