Are you an experienced Band 6 or an entry level Band 7 Occupational Therapist who would like to explore a rewarding career experience as an Occupational Therapist?

We are currently recruiting for an outstanding Occupational Therapist at Cygnet Aspen Clinic.

Cygnet Aspen Clinic is a specialist service for women with a diagnosis of personality disorder and associated complex needs. We provide assessment, stabilisation, treatment and rehabilitation for up to 16 women.

Our service users may have complex trauma histories or have experienced regular placement breakdowns. At Cygnet Aspen Clinic we provide a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to care and treatment with a focus on recovery and co-production with service users.

This role will involve autonomously providing highly specialist assessment, analysis and treatment of occupational dysfunction, enabling people to do the things they want, need or are expected to do to support them being well in life.  To support the learning of others through supervising, mentoring and coaching, and to be professionally accountable for a broad aspect of service delivery.

The successful candidate will receive supervision from a Regional Lead Occupational Therapist as well as support from a Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist. Along with access to a wide network of Occupational Therapists.

Post: (Band 6/7) Occupational Therapist

Salary:  £36,807-£45,492 (depending on experience)

Contract: Fixed term maternity cover post (9-12 months), December 2024 start date.

Base: Cygnet Aspen Clinic, Manvers Road, Mexborough, Doncaster, S64 9EX. 

Responsible for: Delivery of Occupational Therapy pathway at Cygnet Aspen Clinic

Responsible to: Service Manager and Regional Lead Occupational Therapist

Hours: 37.5 hours

Please note: this post is also advertised as a Band 5 position.There is only 1 position available.

Join our supportive friendly team and make an application today.

With over 150 Occupational Therapists in the company, we also work together as a large team providing support to each other across the group, with various specialist service lines to tap into, including Mental Health, Neuropsychiatry, Autism, Learning Disabilities and Sensory Integration, to name a few.

A career at Cygnet comes with excellent benefits. Whether it’s saving your 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.

As an Occupational Therapist, you will

• Hold a caseload and utilise effective clinical decision-making and clinical skills to assess, implement and evaluate care
• Complete full assessments of patients’ occupational performance including areas of self-care, productivity and leisure
• Implement specialist group and individual treatments to achieve therapeutic goals
• Complete all necessary clinical documentation in accordance with the company and professional standards.
• Be a source of professional advice relating to Occupational Therapy, to provide advice to individuals in our care, to carers and colleagues as appropriate.
• To deliver an occupational focussed service, providing evidence based practice with recognised measurable outcomes to evaluate the value and impact of occupational therapy.
• Formulate and lead on the achievement of setting specific objectives such as in service development plans
• Support/ lead the supervision of Occupational Therapy Assistants and Occupational Therapists, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures, reporting relevant issues to Service Manager and Senior OT, including sickness monitoring and time management.

The Successful Candidate should be/have:

• Experience of working in a mental health setting
• Awareness and understanding of working with service users with a diagnosis of personality disorder
• Excellent leadership skills
• Able to work independently
• Effective communication skills, good organisations skills and a positive attitude
• An Occupational Therapy degree and registration with HCPC

In return we will offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Opportunities for CPD and to undertake further learning and development.
• Training days provided by highly experienced and renowned specialists
• Expert clinical supervision from a senior Occupational Therapist
• Free parking and free meals for staff on duty
• Employee referral scheme: recommend a friend to us and claim a cash reward for their successful hire.
• Group pension: a generous 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…

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.

*Please note - speculative recruitment 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*