Job overview

10 Month Fixed-Term Contract

We have an exciting opportunity for a rehabilitation focused Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Front of House, Admission Avoidance  Intermediate Care Service based at Hinchingbrooke Hospital 

This position involves working with patients referred by the Emergency Department and Acute Assessment Unit staff for assessment of their care and therapy needs to support a discharge home, thus preventing admission to hospital unnecessarily. 

In addition, it involves working with people in their own homes and private provider care homes supporting patients out of hospital and prevention of admission.  Applicants will be offering holistic clinical assessment, treatment, discharge planning and specialist  therapy knowledge.

Successful applicants will play a vital role in supporting patient flow as well as providing clinical skills and knowledge to the MDT.  This position offers flexibility, variety and the opportunity to be involved in the transformation of our intermediate care services.

 If you are flexible, caring, and dynamic and feel excited by the possibility of improving services to improve patients’ lives then please apply.

We are looking for a full-time applicant, however reduced hours or flexible working patterns will be considered and welcome enquiries for this exciting job opportunity.

Main duties of the job

• To work across Admission Avoidance Service, Pathway 1 (care at home) and Pathway 2 (Health Interim beds ) for the Intermediate Care service.
• To work as an autonomous practitioner within the integrated multi-professional team.
• To undertake assessment of patients with complex and multiple pathologies using specialist clinical reasoning skills.
• To identify patient needs, agree goals and provide appropriate therapy interventions, provide equipment and rehabilitation programmes.
• To take a holistic approach to all therapeutic interventions, working across professional boundaries at times.
• To keep the patient at the centre of care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
• To provide support and education to peers, junior staff, non-registered staff, and students.

Working for our organisation

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.