Advanced OT Practitioner

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the senior leadership of the North Locality Teams as an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist. The post holder will be working across Peterborough, Huntingdon and Fenland Adult Locality Teams, providing leadership to the Occupational Therapy teams.

You will be joining a service supporting working-age adults who have severe and enduring mental health problems. The team offers care-coordination, a daily duty service, psychiatric assessments, medication reviews, ongoing risk management, care planning, support around benefits and housing & a wide variety of therapeutic interventions.

Recovery principles are embedded at the core of the locality teams & we aim to support people to reach their potential by facilitating hope, empowering autonomy and developing meaning and purpose in life.

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

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist , you will play a pivotal role in delivering coordinated care to a defined caseload. You will provide clinical leadership within the OT team as well as across the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings, ensuring effective risk management, care planning, and clinical decision-making. You will work alongside the Service manager to complete investigations, manage complaints and subject access requests.

You will support clinicians in managing complex cases, guide discharge planning, and promote smooth clinical throughput. A key part of your role will be fostering strong interfaces with other teams

In this role, you will demonstrate confident and effective leadership by chairing large, multi-agency meetings . You will lead on audits and quality improvement initiatives. A core part of your responsibilities will include delivering clinical supervision, conducting staff appraisals, and fostering professional development within the team.

You will also be involved in ensuring that the service is a positive learning environment for students from various disciplines.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

  • Professional qualifications in OT and on AHP register.
  • Degree or extensive clinical experience
  • Evidence of Continuous professional development

Desirable

  • Leadership Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience of providing a range of interventions to people
  • Experience of working in the community
  • Extensive experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments

Desirable

  • Experience of leading staff or teams in practice improvement

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Advanced skills in: OT assessment, planning and therapeutic intervention
  • Advanced skills in problem solving and clinical risk management
  • The ability to multi-task and mental adaption to different and unpredictable situations
  • Strong ability to innovate and implement change

Desirable

  • Experience in audits

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

  • Advanced specialist knowledge of assessment, intervention and practice models relevant to the client group and OT
  • Knowledge of NICE guidance and other national guidance relevant to delivery of safe clinical practice
  • Knowledge of relevant practice legislation to include the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Care Act.

Physical Requirements

Essential

  • Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 12 July 2026

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