Job Description

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

Location:

Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital

Closing date:

Wednesday 9th July 2025

Post:

Occupational Therapy Assistant

Salary:

27,825 per annum

Base:

Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital, 2 Lansdowne St, Coventry, CV2 4BF

Responsible for:

Supporting Occupational Therapists to perform their role in the assessment, treatment and development of individuals in our care.

Responsible to:

Head Occupational Therapist (Line manager).

Hours:

40 hours per week

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 Adults - High dependency inpatient rehabilitation service

Summary of the site

Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital is a 39 bed hospital for men with complex needs who require either emergency mental health support or high dependency rehabilitative care. The rehabilitation service is designed to provide an environment that promotes mental health recovery by focusing on space, personal privacy and dignity. You will need a willingness to learn new skills and the passion to work with patients with complex needs.

In this role you will:

Deliver planned activities for patients under the direction of the ward Occupational Therapist (OT) and Multidisciplinary Team.


Assist the OT in the day to day duties and running of the department.


Undertake assessment and intervention programmes with clients as delegated by a senior occupational therapist underpinned by appropriate experience / knowledge.


Contribute ideas, create and facilitate events and activities safely and support people to structure their time through meaningful activity.


Have involvement in the delivery of one-to-one and group interventions.


Implement individual care plans during activity sessions and take into account specific interests and opportunities to promote choice and independence.

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 Assistant Development & Induction:

Starting a new job can be daunting, which is why we have a robust induction process that enables you to shadow staff, discuss your learning and receive expert support to develop into your role. We offer an Occupational Therapy Assistant development programme in your first 12 months to support and consolidate core skills. We also offer regular, virtual Q&A sessions with our clinical lead OT and networking with other OT Assistants.

5 reasons why you should make an application today...

We care about people in our services

We are a very supportive and friendly team

You will be an integral part of a large, well established MDT with extensive experience to draw from

We offer lots of in-service training in OT assessments and interventions

We support the learning and professional growth of our staff members and have supported several OTAs to progress towards studying for an Occupational Therapy qualification.

In return we will offer you:

A competitive salary of 27,825 per annum Opportunities to undertake further learning and development Training days provided by highly experienced and renowned OT specialists Regular supervision with experienced Occupational Therapists on site as well as peer support Company pension scheme; Life insurance and health plan NHS Discount Cards & Blue Light Card Free parking & meals on duty

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, we'd be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Katie Woollett (Head OT) - katiewoollett@cygnethealth.co.uk for further information.

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