Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational therapy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 9 months (Fixed Term / Secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-263057
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapy Divisional Service Lead
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
This is a maternity leave cover and provides an excellent opportunity to take the next step in your career into leaderships. We are looking for an Occupational Therapy Divisional Service Lead for Hand therapy including MSK and plastic outpatients, rheumatology and pain outpatients and inpatients services ; Orthopaedics, Surgery and cancer and critical care.
You should be working at MSc level and you will need to have highly developed clinical skills, be experienced at working with patients with highly complex needs applying evidence based therapy. With skills in staff development and leadership, recruitment and retention, service evaluation and improvement, as well as being committed to progressing patient services, you will be responsible for the delivery of excellent care by the Occupational Therapy department.
This post requires relevant weekend working.
Main duties of the job
You will be an experienced Occupational Therapist with highly developed clinical skills.
You will work closely with all Occupational Therapy staff within the Occupational Therapy department at Addenbrooke’s Hospital to
ensure the delivery of high quality patient care that meets patient’s needs and expectations.
You will, in liaison with the Professional Lead coordinate the day to day running of the service, including recruitment and retention,
staff management and development and service delivery and development.
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.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
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 1st April 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 15th April 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
- Occupational therapist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Degree or diploma in occupational therapy.
- Working to a level of expertise, knowledge and judgement commensurate with MSc.
- Evidence of continuing professional development in line with HCPC guidelines.
- Fieldwork educator’s certificate or equivalent.
- Evidence of management/ leadership training
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree
- Member of College of Occupational Therapy.
- Evidence of further study/ research.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience as an advanced/ specialist occupational therapist.
- Broad range of clinical experience within physical rehabilitation.
- Moving and handling patients and daily living equipment.
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting.
- Experience of supervising and appraising students and staff.
- Experience of team leadership.
- Experience of service evaluation and development.
- Experience in standard setting, audit and measuring outcomes.
- Experience of workforce planning, recruitment and selection of staff.
- Willingness to work in a variety of clinical areas.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in both hospital and community settings.
- Management experiences.
- Research experience.
- Cross agency project management.
- Business planning
- Can demonstrate realistic expectations for service delivery.
- Developing and implementing policies, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion.
- Experience of budget management.
- Experience of planning, organising and delivering training programmes to staff.
- Experience of undertaking risk assessment and risk management.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of current research and treatment applications.
- In-depth knowledge of national policies, procedures, guidelines and legislation
- In-depth knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application within therapy.
- Understanding of legal responsibilities of the profession e.g. COT and HCPC guidelines and codes of ethics and professional conduction.
- Utilisation and translation into practice of evidence-base.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of centres of excellence.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Expert in all stages of the OT process.
- Experience of dealing with people who display inappropriate behaviour (e.g. physical or verbal).
- Good interpersonal skills including collaborative team working.
- Leadership skills and ability to manage change with a commitment to improving patient services and developing staff.
- Able to develop a service in a systematic, thorough and decisive manner, utilising problem-solving skills.
- Literature searching and critical appraisal skills.
- Expert presentation and teaching skills.
- Proactive, innovative/ creative/ enthusiastic, flexible.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Close working with multidisciplinary team and multi-agencies.
- Proficient IT skills.
- Reflective practitioner.
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.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sara Levy
- Job title
- Professional Lead Occupational Therapy
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 216586
- Additional information
Alternatively please contact Molly Alberezanchi on 01223 217247
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