Senior Occupational Therapist; Band 6

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Post: Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist

Salary: Starting from £33,162.75 per annum (dependent upon experience)

Base: Joyce Parker Hospital, 2 Lansdowne Street, Coventry, CV2 4BF

Responsible to: Head Occupational Therapist (Line manager).

Hours: Part Time, 34 Hours (Contracted hours are flexible and will be determined based on the successful candidate's experience)

Would you like to explore a rewarding career experience as an Occupational Therapist?

Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.

• Male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
• Male Acute Mental Health
• Male High Dependency Rehabilitation Unit

Role: Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Hours: Part Time, 34 Hours (flexible based upon experience)

Location: Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital is our emergency mental health hospital in Coventry. The service supports adults across three wards to move as quickly and safely as possible to the most appropriate and least restrictive environment for them. The hospital currently includes two male PICU wards and one male Acute ward. In addition, the hospital has a fourth ward consisting of an 8 bedded male high dependency rehabilitation unit.

The service is designed to provide an environment that promotes mental health recovery by focusing on space, personal privacy and dignity. You will need a willingness to learn new skills and the passion to work with patients with complex needs.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will provide direct clinical care which will encompass person-centred OT assessment and interventions, as well as work in an integrated way with the support team and wider multidisciplinary team, to assist the service in providing outcome based care and support pathways.

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. You will have a thorough induction and support from experienced OT colleagues, and will regularly meet with the Head Occupational Therapist for support and supervision as required.

In this role you will assess, implement and develop an OT treatment programme according to individual's diagnosis and identified needs. This will be based upon findings from assessments and team formulation in order to develop treatment plans & care and support plans. You will also empower staff to improve the quality of care through training, modelling and coaching.

Under the leadership of our Occupational therapy directors we support over 170 Occupational Therapists. Working together as a large team across the UK, we provide support to each other, with CPD holding a high priority. There are external training opportunities, including Sensory Integration, and you will be part of specialist interest groups, service development initiatives and innovative practice.

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.

• We care about people in our services
• Expert clinical supervision with an occupational therapist 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.

• Free parking
• Free meals for staff on duty
• 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 it's 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.

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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