Job responsibilities
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:Head OT Cygnet Bury Dunes Hospital
Service Line:Mental Health Adult Acute and PICU
Summary:
Cygnet Bury Dunes Hospital has provision in two service lines:
- PICU & Acute care
- Mental Health Forensic Low Secure Services (covering Female patients, Deaf patients and Older Age Male patients)
Clinical: You would be responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction for up to 18 service users on our new Acute Unit, The Whitehouse. 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. You will have two activity coordinators to support interventions with your caseload.
Leadership:You would report to and deputise for the Regional Lead Occupational Therapist (on site). You would hold leadership and management responsibilities as the Head OT, of the occupational therapy service to the 5 wards within the Dunes Hospital. Each ward has their own occupational therapist and activity coordinator with OT assistants covering 2 wards each. You will drive innovation and quality improvement further within the occupational therapy services. The 5 wards -
Our services are therapy and recovery focused, providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for both men and women. The aim is to effectively progress service users though the Secure Deaf Services care pathway or the Acute and PICU care pathway, into the least restrictive environment possible while working to reduce the possibility of readmission back into hospital care.
Occupational Therapy Directorate
Under the leadership of our occupational therapy directors we support over 150 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.
Every service line has a clinical lead occupational therapist to lead and develop evidence based practice and 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.
For more insight into life as an OT at Cygnet Health Care visit; https://join.cygnethealth.co.uk/ot-life/ - Here you can listen to the opinions, stories and advice from our exceptional OTs it could help the next step in your career.
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 specialist training
- We support and develop you to build skills and confidence for the next level in your career.
- OTs can be offered development pathways in Sensory Integration and Leadership & Management training.
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: Ruth Hudson Regional Lead OT ruthhudson@cygnethealth.co.uk Tel: 07540 667679
Please send your CV to our Specialist OT recruiter Lisandra at lisandraferreira@cygnethealth.co.uk
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.
*Recruitment agencies please note: Speculative 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*