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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)

Positions available: 2 (1 permanent and 1 fixed term contract 9-12 months)

Hours: Full time 40 hours per week

Salary: £32,883 per year

We are currently seeking two Occupational Therapists to work in our Mental Health Adult Secure service line.

Cygnet Bury is a large site consisting of 3 separate hospitals with a combined total of 15 wards with 187 beds.

We are looking to recruit into a permanent vacancy for a Band 5 equivalent Occupational Therapist in our Hudson Hospital, and a maternity cover 9 to 12 month vacancy for a Band 5 equivalent Occupational Therapist in our Dunes Hospital.

Summary of the sites:

Cygnet Bury Dunes Hospital

Cygnet Bury Dunes is a 5 ward hospital specialising in the care and treatment of people requiring support within the following mental health settings:

Medium and Low Secure mental health services for both hearing people and those living with deafness; male and female services
Acute services and psychiatric intensive care services (PICU) for men.

Clinical Role in Bury Dunes: You would be responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction for 12 service users both hearing and living with deafness, in a low secure female ward. There is a team of 4 other Occupational Therapists and 3 OTAs in the Hospital to support you. As part of this fixed term role you will be supported with some tuition time, to develop your BSL skills.

Cygnet Bury Hudson Hospital

Cygnet Bury Hudson is a 6 ward hospital specialising in the care and treatment of men requiring Medium and Low Secure forensic mental health support.

Clinical role in Bury Hudson: You would be responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction for 13 male service users. In this role you will be supported by a team of 5 other Occupational Therapists and 3 OT Assistants experienced in this specialist secure setting.

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. In both roles, you will work 40 hours per week over 5 days, while being supported by the OT teams on site.

Our services are therapy and recovery focused, providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for all service users. The aim is to effectively progress service users through their recovery 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 as 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

We have a Head of Occupational Therapy in each of our Bury Hospital and a Regional Lead Occupational Therapist on site to support all OTs across the different services.

Under the leadership of our Occupational Therapy Directors we support over 160 Occupational Therapists in the company. 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 developments 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, including a preceptorship programme for newly qualified therapists
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 meals for staff on duty
Free parking
Free Training
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 either of these roles with the recruiting occupational therapist or arrange an informal visit, we’d be more than happy to support this. Please contact via our recruiter Katie Dixon email: KatieDixon@cygnethealth.co.uk or phone: 07436 256 225.

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.*

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