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Occupational Therapist - Inpatient Rehabilitation

The closing date is 22 October 2025

This role is within the Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit - Inpatient rehabilitation (pathway two) where you will work within a multidisciplinary team to rehabilitate patients in an inpatient rehabilitation ward setting.

The role is based at Davidson House, Brookfields Hospital Campus and you will work closely with your colleagues in other localities and across the system that provide Intermediate Care for the population of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Main duties of the job

Cambridge Rehab Unit strives to deliver outstanding patient-focused specialist care and therapy which collaboratively optimises a person/'s potential to achieve their individual goals.

- provide assessment and occupational therapy interventions to patients admitted for rehabilitation from acute hospitals and from the community.

- implement therapy plans as well as delegating to therapy assistants and integrated care workers.

- develop your skills in sub-acute rehabilitation and discharge planning working with ward based MDT and colleagues from other pathways, social care and the voluntary sector.

- work autonomously in a variety of settings to include travelling across the community completing access visits where needed.

We offer excellent professional support, and you will have the opportunity to work alongside other specialist teams within CPFT.

About us

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 disabled people 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

Job responsibilities

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

- To work towards the acceptance of clinical responsibility and professional autonomy for a designated caseload of patients, from referral to discharge.

- To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work, including the management of patients in your care.

- To accept responsibility for ensuring the effective selection, use and fitting of equipment.

- To independently plan and carry out assessments in a variety of settings.

- To take responsibility for appropriate delegation of tasks to therapy assistants.

You must hold UK HCPC registration for this post. A driving licence is desirable but not essential for this post.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

- Degree/ equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy

- Current HCPC registration

- Documented evidence of own continuing professional development

- Member of RCOT

Experience

- Broad range of undergraduate experience in a variety of settings

- Clinical experience working with older people and long-term conditions

Skills and Abilities

- Able to demonstrate commitment to providing high quality care

- Ability to work flexibly as part of a team.

- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload

- Ability to pass skills and knowledge to others

Knowledge and Understanding

- Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others.

- Recognises limits of own authority within role

- Seeks and uses professional support appropriately.

Other

- Ability to use the CPFT Trust Values to guide behaviour to patient, carers, and colleagues

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.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit

Davidson House, Brookfields Hospital, 351 Mill Road

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours

Reference number

310-OPAC-7436974

Job locations

Cambridge Rehabilitation Unit

Davidson House, Brookfields Hospital, 351 Mill Road

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