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

About Us

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

Your Role: Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 6)

Service Line: Male psychiatric intensive care unit and male acute mental health

Due to open in February 2024, Sherwood Hospital will be a unit consisting of three wards.

One will specialise in male PICU while there will also be a male acute mental health ward and a female mental health acute ward. This service will provide comprehensive support to service users at a newly refurbished site.

This new forward-thinking hospital will have an inbuilt drive for innovation and embrace new ways of working; we are looking for staff who share our passion for new ideas and are willing to drive for sustained high quality care delivery as part of a supportive team.

The service supports patients to return to functional lives, reduce self-harm and emotional distress. The site will encompass a full multidisciplinary team and the successful post holder will support the Head of Occupational Therapy on site to implement the models of care within the Occupational Therapy department.

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 & 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.

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.

For more insight into life as an OT at Cygnet Health Care visit; 

https://join.cygnethealth.co.uk/ot-life/

Here you can listen to the opinions, stories and advice from our exceptional OTs – it could help the next step in your career.

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 & 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 & 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: Adam Robinson via email: AdamRobinson@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.

Click the link to apply or email a copy of your CV to AlmaMatei@cygnethealth.co.uk

*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*