Base: Cygnet Aspen Clinic - Manvers Road, Mexborough, Doncaster, S64 9EX Are you a Band 5 ready for your next challenge or an emerging Band 6 looking for a change? Would you like to explore a more rewarding clinical and managerial challenge? This could be your perfect opportunity.

Main duties of the job

At Cygnet Healthcare, we have a strong occupational focus through support and direction from Clinical Leads and our Occupational Therapy Directors. We use evidence-based practice within each of our service lines, as defined by our clinical steering groups, of which Occupational Therapists play a key role. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will work as an autonomous clinician, providing specialist assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction. You will hold supervisory responsibility for others, and take a leadership role in specific projects. An integral part of this role will be supporting student education within the team.

About us

Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988. Across our 11 different service lines, we have evidence-based established models of care to ensure we provide the highest quality care and support. Our dedicated and expert teams of over 10 000 employees, support over 2800 individuals in a range of services across England, Scotland and Wales. We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the people in our care, through co-production, recovery and rehabilitation. With over 150 Occupational Therapists, we work together as a large team providing support to each other across the group, with the opportunity to be part of specialist interest groups & become involved in service development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Band 6 or an entry level Band 7 Occupational Therapist who would like to explore arewarding career experience as an Occupational Therapist?

We are currently recruiting for an outstanding Occupational Therapist at Cygnet Aspen Clinic.

Cygnet Aspen Clinic is a specialist service for women with a diagnosis of personality disorder and associated complex needs. We provide assessment, stabilisation, treatment and rehabilitation for up to 16 women.

Our service users may have complex trauma histories or have experienced regular placement breakdowns. At Cygnet Aspen Clinic we provide a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to care and treatment with a focus on recovery and co-production with service users.

This role will involve autonomously providing highly specialist assessment, analysis and treatment of occupational dysfunction, enabling people to do the things they want, need or are expected to do to support them being well in life. To support the learning of others through supervising, mentoring and coaching, and to be professionally accountable for a broad aspect of service delivery.

The successful candidate will receive supervision from a Regional Lead Occupational Therapist as well as support from a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist. Along with access to a wide network of Occupational Therapists.

Post:(Band 6/7) Occupational Therapist

Salary: £36,807-£45,492 (depending on experience)

Contract: Fixed term maternity cover post (9-12 months), December 2024 start date - with the possibility to extend

Base:Cygnet Aspen Clinic, Manvers Road, Mexborough, Doncaster, S64 9EX.

Responsible for:Delivery of Occupational Therapy pathway at Cygnet Aspen Clinic

Responsible to:Service Manager and Regional Lead Occupational Therapist

Hours:37.5 hours

Please note: this post is also advertised as a Band 5 position.There is only 1 position available.

Join our supportive friendly team and make an application today.

With over 150 Occupational Therapists in the company, we also work together as a large team providing support to each other across the group, with various specialist service lines to tap into, including Mental Health, Neuropsychiatry, Autism, Learning Disabilities and Sensory Integration, to name a few.

A career at Cygnet comes with excellent benefits. Whether its saving your 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.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will

• Hold a caseload and utilise effective clinical decision-making and clinical skills to assess, implement and evaluate care
• Complete full assessments of patients occupational performance including areas of self-care, productivity and leisure
• Implement specialist group and individual treatments to achieve therapeutic goals
• Complete all necessary clinical documentation in accordance with the company and professional standards.
• Be a source of professional advice relating to Occupational Therapy, to provide advice to individuals in our care, to carers and colleagues as appropriate.
• To deliver an occupational focussed service, providing evidence based practice with recognised measurable outcomes to evaluate the value and impact of occupational therapy.
• Formulate and lead on the achievement of setting specific objectives such as in service development plans
• Support/ lead the supervision of Occupational Therapy Assistants and Occupational Therapists, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures, reporting relevant issues to Service Manager and Senior OT, including sickness monitoring and time management.

The Successful Candidate should be/have:

• Experience of working in a mental health setting
• Awareness and understanding of working with service users with a diagnosis of personality disorder
• Excellent leadership skills
• Able to work independently
• Effective communication skills, good organisations skills and a positive attitude
• An Occupational Therapy degree and registration with HCPC

In return we will offer you:

<

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

• Please refer to job description above

Desirable

• Please refer to job description above

Employer details

Employer name

Cygnet Health Care

Address

Doncaster

S64 9EX

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

VP4F4F77E6