Assertive Outreach Specialist Occupational Therapist

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Join us as a Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6) in our brand-new Assertive Outreach Team. This is a unique opportunity to help shape this service for adults with complex and severe mental health needs. Role can be based in Cambridge or Peterborough.

You’ll be part of a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, delivering specialist OT assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and recovery principles. Your work will empower service users to achieve independence, overcome barriers, and reach their vocational and employment goals.

If you’re passionate about making a real difference, thrive on challenge, and want to be part of a team that values compassion, creativity, and evidence-based practice, we want to hear from you. This is your chance to help build a service that truly changes lives.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to travel independently around the county and will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have the use of a vehicle. Unfortunately, public transport will not provide enough reliable transportation to enable you to meet the needs of the service. 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.

  • The Specialist Occupational Therapist will deliver a high-quality, evidence-based OT service within the Assertive Outreach Team, supporting adults with complex mental health needs. The role involves specialist assessments, interventions, and care coordination, underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and recovery principles.
  • You’ll work closely with service users, carers, and colleagues to develop and implement individualised care plans, promote independence, and support vocational and employment outcomes. The post holder will also contribute to service development, quality improvement, and research, ensuring the service remains innovative and responsive to changing needs. Leadership, supervision, and a commitment to professional development are essential.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

  • Minimum Bachelor level equivalent training in OT
  • HCPC Professional Registration as OT

Desirable

  • Member of Royal College of Occupational Therapists
  • Additional training in specialist standardised assessments

Experience

Essential

  • Working with people with a range of mental health or learning disability challenges
  • Working with patients who experience psychosis
  • Experience of working with a range of statutory and non-statutory services

Desirable

  • Lived experience of mental health challenges
  • Service development or evaluation projects

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care and service provision

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of OT assessment, intervention and practice models relevant to service user group (e.g. MoHO)
  • Knowledge of Mental Health Act
  • Knowledge of RCOT and HCPC professional standards

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: 2 August 2026

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