Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist | Cambridgeshire and NHS Foundation Trust Job Peterborough area,England UK,Healthcare

About the Role

Are you ready for a truly rewarding challenge? We’re thrilled to invite an experienced Occupational Therapist to join our Assertive Outreach Team as Clinical Lead (Band 8a). This is your chance to make a real difference for adults with complex and severe mental health needs. You’ll lead and inspire a talented OT team, provide advanced clinical leadership, and support those who find it hardest to engage with traditional services.

You’ll be at the heart of quality improvement, clinical audit, and research, working closely with multi‑disciplinary colleagues and external partners to shape innovative OT pathways and service strategy. If you’re passionate about evidence‑based practice, love sharing your expertise, and enjoy variety—including travel across the county and flexible working—this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Travel Requirements:
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need a full UK driving licence
* and have use of a vehicle. Public transport is not permitted for this role. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

* DVLA has reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries. For further information visit the DVLA website.

We Are Looking For

A dynamic, compassionate Occupational Therapist with post‑registration experience and senior roles in mental health. You’ll bring advanced clinical reasoning, leadership, motivational skills, and a commitment to learning, research, and service innovation.
A Clinical Leader who can develop and shape the clinical pathway between AO and our Adult Locality teams, manage OTs across the two services, and provide expert clinical input for the most complex patient cohort.

Responsibilities

Provide expertise, professional advice, guidance, and consultation to OT staff and other professionals contributing directly to service user care and treatment.

Commit to evidence‑based practice and use research opportunities to support the efficacy of therapeutic interventions.

Develop and maintain own expertise and that of team members/AHP staff by updating specialist clinical knowledge and skills.

Establish and maintain robust communication networks with staff at all levels across the AOT and ALT’s, senior leaders and the wider Trust as required.

Liaise at all levels within the organisation and with relevant external organisations.

Develop and maintain good communication with service users, their carers and multidisciplinary teams.

Develop and maintain effective professional communication structures.

Develop effective working relationships with senior clinical and managerial staff across teams and services, and proactively advance, develop and implement trust policies and strategy.

Identify and coordinate the education, training and CPD needs of OT staff and participate in the development and delivery of training within the Directorate.

In partnership with managers and professional leads support development of the OT workforce in the directorate; provide advice on professional aspects of OT resource management and skill mix in the context of multidisciplinary approaches to care.

About CPFT

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, and to empower 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 include children's, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care, liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

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.

Application Notes

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities. Please note 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.

Closing Date

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