Occupational Therapy Assistant

Are you already an Occupational Therapy Assistant looking for a new challenge, or do you have a keen interest in this area of work and a desire to enhance your knowledge and understanding of Occupational Therapy.

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

OT Assistant to the Occupational Therapists in Secure Mental Health Forensic Services

Service Line: Mental Health Forensic (Low and Medium Secure Services)

Summary of the site:

Cygnet Bury is a large site consisting of 3 hospitals with a combined total of 15 wards. We have a Regional Lead of Occupational Therapy for the site and 3 Head Occupational Therapists for each of the hospitals.

Clinical responsibilities: We are looking for the ideal candidates for a full time OT Assistant role. We need people with some experience in the field of mental health, who can demonstrate an understanding of Occupational Therapy processes and interventions, and who can take a "hands on" approach. You will need to demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and time management skills.

Are you ready to develop your knowledge, skills and understanding of the Occupational Therapy profession within this role as an Occupational Therapy Assistant? This role offers an opportunity to assist the Occupational Therapists to deliver therapy and recovery focused assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for male service users detained under the Mental Health Act. The aim is to effectively progress service users though the secure care pathway, into the least restrictive environment possible, while working to reduce the possibility of readmission back into secure care.

Each ward has access to their own Occupational Therapy resources including an OT kitchen and an Activity Room in addition there are other shared resources including a hospital gym and our Recovery College.

You will be responsible for providing direct clinical interventions under the direction of an experienced qualified Occupational Therapist. In this role you will be supervised to assess, implement and develop an Occupational Therapy treatment programme to meet the patients' needs, to support them with their recovery. This requires working in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. You will carry a clinical caseload over 2 wards. In house and external training is provided (as required) to support you to develop your professional skills within the Occupational therapy profession.

Occupational Therapy Directorate

Under the leadership of our Occupational Therapy Directors we support over 160 Occupational Therapists and many more Occupational Therapy Assistants. 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.

We provide a significant range of in house training for all of our Occupational Therapy Assistants. Opportunities include training in 'MOHOST', 'Sensory Modulation' and 'Recovery through Activity'.

Every service line has a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist to lead and develop evidence based practice within an agreed occupational therapy pathway.

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

Career pathway progression within the company to support your development and skills

You will be 1 of 9 Occupational Therapy Assistants within the Cygnet Hospital Bury Site and 15 experienced Occupational Therapists also on-site to support your learning and development within the field of Occupational Therapy in mental health services.

National networks of over 160 OTs in the Cygnet Group within different specialisms including Forensic Practice, LD and ASD, Acute mental health, PICU, and inpatient CAMHS, all providing learning opportunities.

Cygnet Health Care Benefits

• 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 advice on exercise, recipes, financial and mental health.
• 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.

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, we'd be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Sheanagh Pearson-McAuliffe - Head OT - Cygnet Bury Hudson Hospital. Apply

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*