Job summary
- Location: 140 Wolverhampton Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1UH
- Post: Fixed Term, 12 Months
- Salary: Band 6 Starting from £36,807 per year
- Responsible to: Regional Lead Occupational Therapist (Line manager) and Hospital/Service Manager.
- Hours: 40 hours per week
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.
About Us
Cygnet Group was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.
Your Role
Service Line: Male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Male Acute Mental Health.
Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton is our new state-of-the-art PICU & Acute hospital for men, in the West Midlands. The service features two wards. A 12 bed PICU ward and a 17 bed Acute ward.
Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton has a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and supports the acute needs of adults requiring rapid access to mental health services, including those who may need an intensive care environment.
Main duties of the job
At Cygnet, we have a strong occupational focus through support and direction from Clinical Leads and our Occupational Therapy Directors.
Our Occupational Therapy Service is responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction, through the use of purposeful and meaningful activities. 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. You will hold supervisory responsibility for others, and take a leadership role in specific projects.
This role includes opportunities for learning, development and research, supported by a robust appraisal and supervision structure based on RCOTs Career Development Framework.
About us
Cygnet 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
- Location: 140 Wolverhampton Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1UH
- Post: Fixed Term, 12 Months
- Salary:Band 6 Starting from £36,807 per year
- Responsible to:Regional Lead Occupational Therapist (Line manager) and Hospital/Service Manager.
- Hours:40 hours per week
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.
About Us
Cygnet Groupwas established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.
Your Role
Service Line:Male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Male Acute Mental Health.
Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton is our new state-of-the-art PICU & Acute hospital for men, in the West Midlands. The service features two wards. A 12 bed PICU ward and a 17 bed Acute ward. Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton has a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and supports the acute needs of adults requiring rapid access to mental health services, including those who may need an intensive care environment.
At Cygnet Healthcare, we have a strong occupational focus through support and direction from Clinical Leads and our Occupational Therapy Directors. Our Occupational Therapy Service is responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction, through the use of purposeful and meaningful activities. 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. You will hold supervisory responsibility for others, and take a leadership role in specific projects. This role includes opportunities for learning, development and research, supported by a robust appraisal and supervision structure based on RCOTs Career Development Framework.
Occupational Therapy Directorate
Under the leadership of our occupational therapy directors we support over 150 Occupational Therapists and over 300 OT support staff. 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 therapy team members 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 specialist training
- 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, wed be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Hailey Roberts (West Midlands Regional Lead OT) haileyroberts@cygnethealth.co.uk for further information.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Location: 140 Wolverhampton Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV11 1UH
- Post: Fixed Term, 12 Months
- Salary:Band 6 Starting from £36,807 per year
- Responsible to:Regional Lead Occupational Therapist (Line manager) and Hospital/Service Manager.
- Hours:40 hours per week
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.
About Us
Cygnet Groupwas established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.
Your Role
Service Line:Male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Male Acute Mental Health.
Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton is our new state-of-the-art PICU & Acute hospital for men, in the West Midlands. The service features two wards. A 12 bed PICU ward and a 17 bed Acute ward. Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton has a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and supports the acute needs of adults requiring rapid access to mental health services, including those who may need an intensive care environment.
At Cygnet Healthcare, we have a strong occupational focus through support and direction from Clinical Leads and our Occupational Therapy Directors. Our Occupational Therapy Service is responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction, through the use of purposeful and meaningful activities. 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. You will hold supervisory responsibility for others, and take a leadership role in specific projects. This role includes opportunities for learning, development and research, supported by a robust appraisal and supervision structure based on RCOTs Career Development Framework.
Occupational Therapy Directorate
Under the leadership of our occupational therapy directors we support over 150 Occupational Therapists and over 300 OT support staff. 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 therapy team members 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 specialist training
- 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, wed be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Hailey Roberts (West Midlands Regional Lead OT) haileyroberts@cygnethealth.co.uk for further information.
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.
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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.