Specialist Occupational Therapist

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

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

Service Line: Learning Disability Other (ASD Residential)

Summary of the role

Job Title: Specialist Occupational Therapist

Location: Long Eaton Day Services

Salary: Up to £15,538 (£38,845 pro rata per annum) (dependent on experience)

Hours: 16 hours (part-time)

Contract: Permanent

Long Eaton Day Services is a mixed gender service for individuals aged 16 years and above, which specialises in supporting individuals with a primary diagnosis of a learning disability, in addition to those with complex health needs, physical disabilities and those with autism.

Our Day Services have a focus on demonstrating outcomes and value through activities, which are derived from our professionals, parents, carers and most importantly the people who spend their days with us.

Our services are led by three key disciplines: occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy. Our multidisciplinary approach allows us to develop a clear and focused activity plan that works towards maximising an individual’s potential and gaining the inputs as needed from the on site dedicated clinical team. Days are flexible for service users, and with the involvement of the individual and their carers, we maximise the time that is spent while they are with us. Our service provides flexibility for families and carers, with opening times from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will provide direct clinical care, which will encompass OT assessments, treatment and management of service users within the service. In this role, you will assess, implement and develop an OT treatment programme according to service user’s diagnosis and identified needs. This will be based upon findings from assessments including associated risks, in order to develop treatment plans accordingly within the multidisciplinary team.

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.

Occupational Therapy Preceptorship & Induction:

We understand the pandemic has brought with it challenging times, and we recognise this may have had an impact on some of your placement experiences. We offer an Occupational Therapy 12 month preceptorship programme to support and consolidate core Occupational Therapy Skills.

5 reasons why you should make an application today…

1. We care about people in our services
2. Expert clinical supervision with an occupational therapist
3. Induction & service line training in area of specialism
4. Dedicated CPD time for peer support, skill development and specialist training
5. 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 is 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 would be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Megan Bell (MeganBell@cygnethealth.co.uk) and Katie Dixon (KatieDixon@cygnethealth.co.uk)

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*