Specialist Occupational Therapist | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Cambridge, CB21 5EF
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	5 Oct 2026
Closing date:	4 Nov 2026

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Summary

Part time - 34 hours per week

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join Willow Ward at Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a well-established multidisciplinary team in our Older Adult Acute Inpatient Mental Health Service, supporting patients on their recovery journey.

The Role

You will manage a varied occupational therapy caseload, working closely with patients, carers, and colleagues to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. You will contribute to assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and discharge planning, helping to create a therapeutic environment that promotes recovery, independence, and wellbeing.

About You

You will:

• Hold a degree in Occupational Therapy.

• Be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

• Demonstrate strong assessment, clinical reasoning, and decision-making skills.

• Be passionate about delivering compassionate, recovery-focused care.

• Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

We Welcome Applications From Occupational Therapists With:

• Experience in mental health services, ideally with older adults.

• Strong assessment, intervention, and clinical skills.

• A collaborative and person-centred approach.

• A commitment to promoting dignity, independence, and quality of life.

If you are looking to develop your skills while making a meaningful difference to older adults experiencing mental health challenges, we would love to hear from you.

The post holder will be expected to deliver the following: -

• To deliver Occupational Therapy and expertise, providing specialist Occupational Therapy interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of recovery.

• To provide Occupational Therapy assessments, advice and interventions to support the patients to engage in occupational activity and increase function.

• To be able to act autonomously in the assessment and treatment of patients, who may have complex needs, this will include patients with a wide range of mental health conditions, including dementia.

• To ensure safe, efficient and effective delivery of patient focused care in line with identified evidence-based practice, local and national standards. To have a high level of understanding of recovery and re-ablement.

• To work collaboratively within the Multidisciplinary and team

• To demonstrate a flexible approach to working in support of the whole inpatient team

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 fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including 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, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://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

• The post holder will provide specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation and the principles of Recovery.

• The post holder will maintain standards of occupational therapy practice as directed by the Trust AHP lead and in accordance with HCPC and COT standard.

• The post holder will use specialist skills and specialist clinical reasoning to manage patients with complex needs, working with a high degree of autonomy and referring to senior staff when necessary.

• The post holder will plan and implement individual and/or group interventions working collaboratively with patients, to enable them to achieve their goals.

• Be professionally and legally accountable and responsible as an autonomous practitioner and to undertake a significant clinical workload, providing care to patients with a range of psycho-social, physical and emotional problems.

• The post holder will promote equality of outcome for service users that reflect their mental health needs and those of ethnicity, gender, culture, physical health and age.

• The post holder will promote social inclusion and physical and mental well-being using evidenced based practice.

• The post holder will work collaboratively with all disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to assure a high standard of care for service users and their relatives/carers.

• The post holder will provide leadership to junior occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistants within area of specialism and designated work area, through professional supervision and appraisal.

• The post holder will undertake the supervision of occupational therapy students on practice placements.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

This advert closes on Monday 19 Oct 2026

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