Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6)

Are you an Occupational Therapist who would like to explore a rewarding career experience?

About Us

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

Your Role

Service Line: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

Post: Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6 Equivalent) at Cygnet Forestwood

Base: Cygnet Forestwood (Bury, BL8 2BS)

Hours: 40 hours per week

Salary: £39,015- £41,175 (Depending on experience)

Contract: Permanent

Cygnet Hospital Bury

Cygnet Hospital Bury is now operating as three separately registered hospitals, Cygnet Bury Dunes, Cygnet Bury and Cygnet Forestwood.

Cygnet Bury Forestwood offers CAMHS Tier 4 PICU, General Acute and Low Secure services across four wards, which provide a defined treatment pathway from admission through to intervention and discharge including rapid assessment and treatment.

Each young person has a bedroom with en suite facilities and a range of communal spaces including a gym, laundry, occupational therapy kitchen, therapy garden and woodland walkways down to the Elton Reservoir.

In addition there is a diverse educational programme teaching a range of subjects available at the on-site school, Forestwood School, which is registered with the Department for Education.

Clinical: You would be responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction for 12 young people. The clinical role would focus on one ward within the hospital. You will work with a full multidisciplinary team in a coordinated way to support each young person develop their skills and move through our clinical model of care from admission to discharge.

Leadership: You would report directly to the Head Occupational Therapist for Forestwood Hospital within Cygnet Bury, in the CAMHS Service Line. You would also hold leadership and management responsibilities of the Occupational Therapy service of your allocated ward providing clinical and managerial supervision for an Occupational Therapy Assistant and / or a newly qualified Occupational Therapist and clinical support for an Activity Coordinator. You will be required to share a leadership responsibility and consistently contribute to the hospital wide Occupational Therapy provision across the 4 wards within Forestwood Hospital. You may also be required at times to deputise for the Head Occupational Therapist.

Our secure services at Cygnet Forestwood Hospital, Bury are therapy and recovery focused, providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for young people of all genders. The aim is to effectively progress young people though the CAMHS pathway, into the least restrictive environment possible while working to reduce the possibility of readmission back into Tier 4 services.

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 and 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...

We care about people in our services

Expert clinical supervision and protected time for a weekly 1:1 with your clinical supervisor

Induction and 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 it's saving you money on the high street, with healthcare, holidays and leisure - or securing your future with professional development and a pension - we support you to be happy both in and 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 recruiter or the Head OT at Forestwood or to arrange an informal visit, we would be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact either Katie Dixon (Recruiter): Apply or Daisy Seller (Head Occupational Therapist) 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*