An amazing new job opportunity has arisen for a committed Occupational Therapist to work in an exceptional mental health service based in the Ayr, Scotland area. You will be working for one of the UK's leading health care providers.
This special mental health service is a low secure hospital for males and females with mental illness and/or personality disorders.
To be considered for this position you must be qualified as an Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC.
As The Occupational Therapist Your Key Responsibilities Include
* Undertake patient assessment and observation to identify patient need before planning and delivering appropriate and relevant interventions on either a group or an individual basis.
* Maintain and develop close working relationships with professional and clinical colleagues within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that clinical practice is in line with company policies and procedures.
* Support junior occupational therapy staff and students.
* Lead on further development and implementation of occupational therapy service within the site, under the supervision of Lead Occupational Therapist.
* Organise and deliver therapeutic activities for service users.
* Assess service users response to interventions in accordance with agreed models of practice.
* Provide practical support, advice and education to service users, carers and other disciplines.
* Be responsible for the recording of all patient related activity information.
The following skills and experience would be preferred and beneficial for the role:
* Relevant clinical experience with mental illness and/or personality disorder.
* Extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches.
* Demonstrates evidence highly effective clinical reasoning skills.
* Highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models.
* Knowledge of how to work with neurodiverse individuals.
The successful Occupational Therapist will receive an excellent salary of GBP29,259 : GBP35,618 per annum. This exciting position is a permanent full‑time role working 37.5 hours a week. In return for your hard work and commitment you will receive the following generous benefits:
* 25 days annual leave (increasing with length of service to a maximum of 30).
* Birthday off.
* Contributory pension scheme.
* Life insurance.
* Opportunities to develop and progress in a wide variety of care settings.
* Free car parking.
* Subsidised on‑site meals.
* Employee benefits scheme (e.g. discounted shopping vouchers, interest‑free Apple products loan scheme).
* Full onsite induction training and orientation programme.
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