Job Description
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Are you a confident Band 5 Occupational Therapist who would like to explore a rewarding clinical and managerial challenge working with acute mental health patients (female acute ward)? Are you ready for furtherance of your clinical skills?
Post: Occupational Therapist (Band 5)
Salary: £37,580
Base: Cygnet Hospital Beckton, Hooper Ward (Female acute ward)
Responsible for:
* The post holder will be the Occupational Therapist for Hooper Ward
* Supervision of 1 Occupational Therapy Assistant.
Responsible to: Head OT (based at Cygnet Hospital Beckton) and Regional OT (based at Cygnet Hospital Stevenage)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: 23 Tunnan Leys, Beckton, E6 6ZB.
Overview of site/Ward:
Hooper Ward is Cygnet Hospital Beckton’s 13 bed acute mental health service for women. The service provides a safe and stabilising environment for individuals who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission.
The ethos of this service is about assessing and treating service users in the least restrictive environment and planning for discharge in a robust and timely fashion. With a focus on stabilisation, we will support service users to manage their mental health, reinforce daily living skillsand prepare for independent life back in the community.
Our team works closely and collaboratively with service users, their families and the referrer to provide a seamless pathway from referral to discharge. Our approach is recovery focused and supported by a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team, contributing to shorter lengths of stay.
As an Occupational Therapist, you will provide direct clinical care which will encompass OT assessments, treatment and management of individuals / interventions and support for individuals within the service. In this role you will assess, implement and develop an OT treatment programme according to an individual’s identified needs. This will be based upon findings from assessments including associated risks, in order to develop treatment plans accordingly within the multidisciplinary team.
If you feel you suit the criteria and have an interest in Personality Disorder service provision then please make an application today. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jennifer Beal, Head of Occupational Therapy on or contact our in house recruiter Hannah Dunlop via
With over 150 OTs in the company, we also work together as a large team providing support to each other across the group, with various specialist interest groups to tap into including Mental Health, Neuropsychiatry, Autism, Learning Disabilities and Sensory Integration, to name a few.
5 reasons why you should make an application today…
1. We care about people in our services
2. Career pathway progression within the company to support your development and skills, including sensory integration training and leadership and management training
3. You will be an integral part of a large, well established MDT with extensive experience to draw from
4. Dedicated CPD time being part of a national network of over 150 OTs in the Cygnet Group within different specialisms including Forensic Practice, LD and ASD, Acute mental health, PICU, and inpatient CAMHS
5. Low caseload number to support intensive OT focused interventions
The Successful Candidate should be/have:
* A registered Occupational Therapist with the HCPC (Health Care Professions Council)
* RCOT Membership
* An understanding of Occupational Therapy process/interventions and can take a “hands on” approach
* Excellent communication and time management skills
* Passionate about student education
* Ability to manage demanding clinical presentation
* Some experience in the field of adult mental health
* Working as a Band 5 OT or are a newly qualified OT
* Able to effectively lead a team with support from Senior OT staff
In return we will offer you:
* Opportunities for CPD and to undertake further learning and development. For example: Leadership & Management, and Sensory Integration.
* Training days provided by highly experienced and renowned OT specialists
* Expert clinical supervision from Regional Lead and peer support
* Bi-monthly OT CPD meetings focused on skill and strategic service development.
* Company pension scheme; Life insurance and health plan
* NHS Discount Cards & Blue Light Card
* Free parking & meals on duty
* Relocation packages offered
Requirements
The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check and an offer of employment will be subject to successful clearance.
*Please note - speculative recruitment emails are not to be sent directly to our clinical staff, these need to go via our internal recruitment team. If speculative candidates are sent directly to a member of the clinical team, we will consider these candidates as our own*
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