Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 7)
NHS Jobs Bury
Are you an Occupational Therapist who would like to explore a rewarding career experience? About Us Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales. Your Role Post: Highly Specialist (Band 7) Occupational Therapist Service Line: Mental Health Forensic (Low and Medium Secure Services) Base: Hudson Hospital Cygnet Bury, Grtr Manchester, Clinical: You would be responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction for 13 service users on a medium secure forensic ward, specialising in the care and treatment of people with personality disorder and mental illness diagnoses.
You will work with a full multidisciplinary team in a coordinated way to support each service user develop their skills, and move through our clinical model of care from admission to discharge. Leadership: You would report directly to the Head Occupational Therapist for the Hudson Hospital, Cygnet Bury, within the Secure Service line.You would hold delegated leadership and management responsibilities for the Occupational Therapy service, providing clinical supervision for junior qualified occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. You will be required to share leadership responsibility and consistently contribute to the Hospital wide Occupational Therapy provision across the 6 wards within the Hudson Hospital.
You may also be required at times to deputise for the Head Occupational Therapist. Our secure services at Hudson Hospital, Cygnet Bury, are therapy and recovery focused, providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for men. The aim is to effectively progress service users though the secure care pathway, into the least restrictive environment possible while working to reduce the possibility of readmission back into secure care.
Occupational Therapy Directorate Under the leadership of our Occupational Therapy Directors we support over 160 Occupational Therapists. Working together as a large team we provide support to each other across the group, with the opportunity to be part of specialist interest groups & become involved in service development.
The Occupational Therapy service offers career development for staff through a comprehensive package of available in house training. This includes: Sensory Integration Preceptorship, VdT Model of Creative Ability Preceptorship, Packages of Training to learn and apply tools within the Model of Human Occupation and Group Therapy Practice Training.
Every service line has a clinical lead occupational therapist to lead and develop evidence based practice and an agreed occupational therapy pathway. We ensure our occupational therapists have a voice through participating in service model development, utilising the expertise and support of our clinical lead occupational therapists.
5 reasons why you should make an application today We care about people in our services Expert clinical supervision and protected time for a weekly 1:1 with your clinical supervisor Induction & service line training in area of specialism Dedicated CPD time for peer support, skill development and highly specialist training opportunities We support and develop you to build skills and confidence for the next level in your career.
Cygnet Health Care Benefits Free parking Free meals for staff on duty Relocation package available Group pension plan helping you save for your future NHS Discount Cards & Blue Light Card (includes big brand discounts) Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial and mental health advice.
Plus much more A career at Cygnet comes with excellent benefits. Whether its saving you money on the high street, with healthcare, holidays & leisure or securing your future with professional development and a pension we support you to be happy both in & out of work.
Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others every day. If you would like to discuss this role with the recruiting occupational therapist or arrange an informal visit, wed be more than happy to facilitate this.
Please contact: Sheanagh Pearson McAuliffe (Head Occupational Therapist) SheanaghPearsonMcauliffe@cygnethealth.co.uk or Katie Dixon (Specialist Recruitment Consultant) KatieDixon@cygnethealth.co.uk Requiremen
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