Job Description

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

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:

Mental Health Forensic (Low and Medium Secure Services)

Contract:

Fixed term contract (9-12 months to cover maternity)

Summary of the site

Cygnet Bury Hudson Hospital is a 6 ward hospital specialising in the care and treatment of people with a forensic pathway in to secure mental health services. Our Hudson Hospital is part of a larger site in Bury consisting of 3 hospitals with 14 wards. We have a Head of Occupational Therapy in each Hospital and a Regional Lead Occupational Therapist on site to support the different services.


Clinical: You would be responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction for 13 service users. You will work with a full multidisciplinary team in a coordinated way to support each service user develop their skills and move through our clinical model of care from admission to discharge. You will be supported by an OT team consisting of a qualified occupational therapist per ward with an activity coordinator, and OT assistants covering 2 wards each.


Our secure services in the Hudson Hospital are therapy and recovery focused, providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for men. 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.

Occupational Therapy Induction, Preceptorship and Training:

We offer a comprehensive induction for all staff new to our services. All band 5 equivalent Occupational Therapists are provided with a 12 month preceptorship programme, to support and consolidate core Occupational Therapy Skills as you start out in your career. As a company we offer a high standard of training opportunities for professional development. These include training on different models such a range of MOHO assessment tools, the Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability (VdTMoCA) and training that offers a Sensory Integration (SI) Preceptorship as a pathway to further SI training opportunities.

Occupational Therapy Directorate

Under the leadership of our occupational therapy directors we support over 160 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 & become involved in service development in your service and across the company.


Every service line has a clinical lead occupational therapist to lead and develop evidence based practice and agreed occupational therapy pathways for service users.


We ensure our occupational therapists have a voice through participating in service 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

High level of training opportunities as you build your career within Cygnet

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 Free Training 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 & 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: Head OT - Sheanagh Pearson-McAuliffe on 07872 812141 or 0161 762 7200.

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