Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Health
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-263006
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/01/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 02/02/2026
Employer heading
Occupational therapist (Wellbeing Practitioner)
6
Job overview
If you are an Occupational Therapist passionate about work and health, this job could be for you!
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Health and Wellbeing team at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
You will be employed as an Occupational Therapist (wellbeing practitioner) in the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service at CUH. Based in the multidisciplinary Staff Wellbeing Team, you will provide both “upstream” health promoting advice and education and “downstream” vocational rehabilitation support to CUH staff. You will do this through a combination of 1:1 assessment, training, groupwork and development of written resources.
The Staff Wellbeing Team works to improve the health and wellbeing of CUH staff by empowering, supporting and educating. The occupational therapist will bring an understanding of occupation, functioning and vocational rehabilitation and apply this to CUH staff.
Main duties of the job
Undertake workplace functional assessment of employees including those with diverse or complex presentations of various health conditions
Use occupational therapy clinical reasoning skills, environmental and psychosocial assessment techniques to determine the implications on work performance and productivity
To provide occupational therapy informed advice to management and employees on matters relating to occupational health, particularly the prevention of illness and the maintenance and improvement of health and well-being. This includes recommendations to support individuals to remain well in work or return to work following a sickness absence, considering the match between the individual’s abilities and the job role/tasks
Lead on health promotion and education activities across the Trust
Facilitate groups and training sessions on topics relevant to workplace health and well-being
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 18th January 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 2nd February 2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- B.Sc. Degree in Occupational Therapy or equivalent
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of ongoing CPD
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate training or qualification in a relevant area e.g. occupational therapy, psychological approach, ergonomics, vocational rehabilitation
- Coaching training/qualification
- Membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
- Membership of other relevant professional organisations such as the Vocational Rehabilitation Association or Society of Occupational Medicine
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of carrying out holistic occupational therapy assessment
- Experience of analysing a person’s occupational performance and participation, activity analysis
- Experience of treatment planning and goal setting
- Experience working in a health care setting
- Experience of working in a professional multidisciplinary team
- Experience of planning and delivering groups or training sessions
- Experience of managing a case load
- Experience of writing reports and recommendations
- Experience of communicating sensitively with a diverse range of clients
- Experience of dealing with sensitive information with discretion and maintaining confidentiality at all times
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using a coaching approach
- Experience of Job Demands Analysis
- Experience of using the Allied Health Professional Health and Work Report
- Experience within an occupational health or well-being service.
- Experience of working in condition or rehabilitation management such as pain, fatigue, stress/anxiety management, neurorehabilitation and/or other long term conditions
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good understanding of relevant consent and confidentiality legislation/GDPR
- Knowledge of current occupational health issues and an ability to keep abreast of current initiatives and best practice
- Working understanding of relevant employment law in an occupational health context e.g. Equality Act 2010 and reasonable adjustment application
- Good understanding of equality diversity and belonging and how they affect the workplace
- Awareness of current trends and issues in NHS staff health and wellbeing.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Functional Capacity Evaluation
Skills
Essential criteria
- Skilled in holistic occupational therapy assessment
- Analysis of information to generate clinically reasoned recommendations
- Report writing
- Strong sense of resilience: the ability to deal with challenging and difficult scenarios and have reliable coping mechanisms
- Good time management skills, ability to juggle potentially conflicting priorities and act on complex information
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff and managers at all levels in the organisation
- Confident in group facilitation
- Skilled in the writing and deliver of presentations
- Competent in the use of Microsoft Office
Desirable criteria
- Skilled in the administration and analysis of standardised assessments
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Annelies Franklin
- Job title
- Staff Wellbeing Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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