Occupational Therapist- Inpatient Rehabilitation in Peterborough

The community is the place to be! This exciting opportunity within intermediate care will provide you the opportunity to develop skills and work as part of a dynamic multidisciplinary team with the opportunity to work with patients in different settings.

This role is within the Intermediate Care Service – Inpatient rehabilitation (pathway two) where you will work within a multidisciplinary team to rehabilitate patients in an inpatient rehabilitation ward setting. The role is based at the City Care Centre and you will work closely with your colleagues in other localities and across the system that provide Intermediate Care for the population of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Intermediate Care strives to deliver outstanding patient-focused specialist care and therapy which collaboratively optimises a person's potential to achieve their individual goals. As part of the role, you will:

• provide assessment and occupational therapy interventions to patients admitted for rehabilitation from acute hospitals and from the community.
• implement therapy plans as well as delegating to therapy assistants and integrated care workers.
• develop your skills in sub-acute rehabilitation and discharge planning working with ward based MDT and colleagues from other pathways, social care and the voluntary sector.
• work autonomously in a variety of settings to include travelling across the community completing access visits and seeing people in their own homes.

We offer excellent professional support, and you will have the opportunity to work alongside other specialist teams within CPFT.

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.

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 disabled people 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.

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.

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

• To work towards the acceptance of clinical responsibility and professional autonomy for a designated caseload of patients, from referral to discharge.
• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.
• To accept responsibility for ensuring the effective selection, use and fitting of equipment.
• To independently plan and carry out assessments in a variety of settings.
• To take responsibility for appropriate delegation of tasks to therapy assistants.

You must hold UK HCPC registration for this post. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this post.

Education & Qualifications

• Degree/ equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Current HCPC registration
• Documented evidence of own continuing professional development
• Member of RCOT

Experience

• Broad range of undergraduate experience in a variety of settings
• Clinical experience working with older people and long-term conditions

Skills and Abilities

• Able to demonstrate commitment to providing high quality care
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload
• Ability to pass skills and knowledge to others

Knowledge and Understanding

• Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.
• Recognises limits of own authority within role
• Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.

Other

• Ability to use the CPFT Trust Values to guide behaviour to patient, carers, and colleagues.

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’s community services in Peterborough;
• 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.

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.