Occupational Therapist (Maternity Cover)
Eaglestone West, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
MK6
- Pay
- A Salary of up to £31,200
- Job level
- Other Qualified Professional
- Hours
- Full time
- Type
- Bank
- Posted
- 10 Apr 2025
- Closes
- 10 May 2025
- Pay
- A Salary of up to £31,200
- Hours
- Full time
- Contract
- Bank
- Role
- Other Qualified Professional
- Posted
- 10 Apr 2025
- Closes
- 10 May 2025
Job Description
As an Occupational Therapist (maternity leave cover - 12 month fixed term contract), join the supportive team at Chadwick Lodge in Milton Keynes - a medium and low secure and locked services providing specialist treatment programmes for service users who may have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour - where you will help vulnerable people to develop new skills and build a brighter future.
You will be working alongside the Occupational Therapy team as maternity cover. You will have experience in managing a designated caseload and will be responsible for completing assessments, planning therapeutic sessions, implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to service users care plans.
With a strong emphasis on teamwork, you'll receive support from a regional network of healthcare professionals and enjoy access to a variety of training courses to support you reach your career goals.
This role involves:
- Facilitating a flexible programme of OT groups and individual interventions.
- Planning and implementing interventions and therapeutic activities
- Evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans.
- Supervising Occupational Therapy Assistants.
- Current HCPC registration and full RCOT membership with evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
- Knowledge and use of a range of OT assessments and outcome measures.
- Experience of working within a similar setting.
- BSc (Hons) or equivalent occupational therapy qualification
- Minimum of 1 years post qualification experience as an Occupational Therapist
Chadwick Drive (off Saxon Street), Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5LS
You will be working at Chadwick Lodge and Eaglestone View, a medium and low secure and locked services providing specialist treatment programmes for service users who may have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour.
The service offer a broad spectrum of evidence-based therapeutic interventions, involving service users at every stage. The hospital's consultant-led multidisciplinary team has a wealth of clinical and research experience in forensic psychiatry. All programmes are designed to reduce the risk of re-offending and to maximise the potential and enhance the quality of life of each service user.
Chadwick Lodge secure services care for service users with complex and enduring mental illness who need to achieve stability in order to benefit from multidisciplinary interventions, helping them move on to community settings whenever possible.
What you will get:
- Annual salary of up to £31,200
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
Ref: 1280488830
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