Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist - Community

at  Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

We are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist (OT), to join the St Neots Community Rehab Service based at Wyboston Lakes.
You would be working as part of a community based therapy team providing high quality rehabilitation to patients with physical disabilities in their home environment. This post will allow the successful candidate the opportunity to consolidate their community, clinical and managerial skills. You will be working within a team of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Assistants.
The ideal candidate will have a strong team work ethic, sense of accountability, accompanied by an ability to work under considerable pressure at times. This post is open to professionals with the right attributes to enhance a team.
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.
We are looking for a self-motivated individual who is able to work as an autonomous practitioner within a multi professional Community Rehabilitation team to provide a high standard of care to our patients.
Your role will be leading and motivating a team of Occupational Therapists and Therapy Assistants to deliver a high quality patient care in the community, alongside your Clinical Lead - Physiotherapy/Occupational Therapy colleagues. You will work within a wider therapy leadership team under the direction of the Therapy service managers and collaborate with therapy leads from other organisations within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough System.

You will also offer advanced clinical leadership to support the most complex patients on the caseload.

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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 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
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
You will be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own and delegated work and work within codes of practice and professional guidelines. You will be required to undertake holistic assessments (including those with complex presentations and multi pathologies) making use of specialist clinical reasoning skills. Your role includes providing specialist advice to all members of the team, service users and appropriate others, of changes involving current care plans, patients’ progress and other relevant matters that pertain to the care of the patient, promoting independence and wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure those patients receive the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
You will use evidence-based practice, to ensure clinical care is effective and appropriate; conduct risk assessments and health and safety assessments and immediately report any changes/newly identified risks. You will be expected to organise and manage own time, delegating work appropriately. You will be actively involved in the development of the service/organisational aims and objectives of the Community Rehabilitation Service and the model of care.
To effectively communicate verbally with patients, carers and colleagues using tact and persuasive skills. This may involve using skills where patients have difficulties in communication, e.g., hearing loss, diminished sight, depression, speech problems, cognitive impairment, behavioural problems, and pain. In doing this you will establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with patients, carers, colleagues, and other health care professionals, identifying when to refer into other services as appropriate. You will attend MDT Case reviews as required. This will enable you to assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
Staff development within CPFT is highly valued and you will be supported to attend relevant internal and external courses to develop your knowledge and skills to improve clinical practice as identified as part of your Appraisal process

Please refer the Job description for details