Job Description

The Advanced Occupational Therapist within the Norfolk Community Eating Disorder Service will provide inspirational specialist practice leadership within the team. Including conducting specialist assessments, providing advice and guidance within the team and outside of the service and ensure the implementation of psychological therapies and evidenced based interventions to service users, families and carers.



Working will be across the service in pathways including Intensive Community Support, ARFID and the new Embodied Trauma pathway. We are also looking to introduce sensory integration modules into treatment pathways.



This post is central to the delivery of clinically based therapeutic intervention, support, education, and training working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will develop and embed evidence based clinical practice within the team.



The Advanced Occupational Therapist is a clinical specialist in adult mental health and is knowledgeable and skilled in working with groups and teams.

The post holder will promote an effective ethos across the service and work closely with the leadership team to support and implement changes to practice and contribute to ongoing service development.



The post holder will liaise with other organisations and professionals, promoting communication and good practice, contributing to outcome measures and auditing, and provide supervision to other staff in the team.



Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.



Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.



To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.



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



To ensure that a therapeutic milieu is maintained by supporting the clinical team and the therapeutic structure



To take a lead role in ensuring that a high standard of multi-disciplinary care planning is in place and to be accountable for the clinical contribution to the process. To ensure that the clinical team provide accurate and high-quality patient records



To maintain personal and professional development by providing direct clinical work to individuals and their families with appropriate evidence-based intervention e.g. CBT, DBT, Motivational interviewing, solution focused therapy, providing groups and activities in line with the recovery model



To participate in research and audit in the clinical field



To encourage and develop service user and carer involvement



To support the Directorate with the investigation process and learning lessons from serious incidents and complaints



To undertake any other duties which may reasonably be required by the Service manager