Occupational Therapist (Band 5)

Job description

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

Service Line:Mental Health Adults - High Support Inpatient Rehabilitation Service (Level 2) for Women

Summary of the site:

Providing a safe and secure care pathway for women with mental health needs, we have collaborated with the NHS to develop services to support individuals from the North West to be treated closer to home.

Cygnet Kenney House is on the redeveloped site of a former nursing home situated on Wester Hill Road. The service is named after the Oldham suffragette Annie Kenney.

The hospital will be staffed by a dedicated and highly skilled team, whose priority is to provide safe care safe for those entrusted to us and safe for those who live and work in the communities where we are based. The hospital will be a place of sanctuary, focusing on providing appropriate care and treatment to enable those staying there to feel supported and safe.

The service will feature three wards:

• Billington Ward a 12 bed specialist PICU service for women
• Baldock Ward a 16 bed emergency acute service for women
• Harben Ward a 16 bed High Support Inpatient Rehabilitation Service (Level 2) for women

We are currently recruiting for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our team at our new service Kenney House. This post holder would work within a new Occupational Therapy team and multi-disciplinary team based on Harben Ward.

There will be dedicated clinical team who provide multi-disciplinary input including occupational therapy, psychology, psychiatry, and nursing staff.

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.

5 reasons why you should make an application today

1. We care about people in our services
2. Expert clinical supervision and protected time for a weekly 1:1 with your clinical supervisor
3. Induction & service line training in area of specialism
4. Dedicated CPD time for peer support, skill development and specialist training
5. 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 katiedixon@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.

Please click the link to apply or email a copy of your CV to katiedixon@cygnethealth.co.uk

*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*

Person Specification

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Cygnet Health Care

Address

Oldham

OL8 2QH

Employer's website

https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)