Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist (Band 7)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Band 6 Occupational Therapist or a Band 7 Occupational Therapist and 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: Acute Mental Health (female services)

Summary

The post holder will work at Cygnet Kidsgrove and will be based on Crocus Ward.

Post: Band 7 (Equivalent) Occupational Therapist

Site: Cygnet Kidsgrove

Ward: Crocus Ward

Salary: £48,221 - £50,706 (DOE)

Hours: 40 Hours

Contract: Permanent

Start Date: July 2025

Cygnet Kidsgrove (Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire):

Cygnet Hospital Kidsgrove is our new hospital for women in Staffordshire. The service will be opening in May 2025. There will be two wards at the hospital; a 20-bed Acute service for women and an 11-bed Highly Specialised Personality Disorder Rehabilitation service.

Crocus Ward, our new 20-bed female emergency acute inpatient service, will provide a safe and stabilising environment for women experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and requiring emergency admission. The ethos of Crocus Ward is to assess and treat women in the least restrictive environment, whilst planning for discharge in a robust and timely fashion. With a focus on stabilisation, we will support women to manage their mental health, reinforce daily living skills, and prepare for independent life back in the community.

Our team will work closely and collaboratively with individuals, their families, and the referrer to provide a seamless pathway from referral to discharge. Our approach is recovery-focused and supported by a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team, contributing to shorter lengths of stay.

Burleigh Ward is Cygnet Hospital Kidsgroves 11-bed highly specialised service providing assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation for women with personality disorder and complex needs. Rehabilitation is provided in a therapeutic setting, with a level of security matched to individual needs. The aim of the treatment, rehabilitation, and re-socialisation programme is to equip the women in our care with the skills and confidence they need to navigate challenges that may come with returning to community or independent living. Our dedicated clinical teams will provide a multi-disciplinary approach to rehabilitation, empowering individuals to make positive choices that support recovery. This will include occupational therapy, social work, and vocational training.

This position offers a unique opportunity to shape and develop occupational therapy provision on Crocus Ward. You will play a pivotal role in delivering high quality assessments and interventions supporting patient recovery, and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

The Head OT based at Kidsgrove will clinically supervise the successful post holder. We will be recruiting an Occupational Therapy Assistant to support the Occupational Therapy provision at Kidsgrove, which the successful candidate will clinically supervise.

Occupational Therapy Directorate

Under the leadership of our occupational therapy directors, we support over 185 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.

5 reasons why you should make an application today

1. We care about people in our services
2. Expert clinical supervision and protected time for a weekly 1:1 with your clinical supervisor
3. Induction & service line training in area of specialism
4. Dedicated CPD time for peer support, skill development and specialist training
5. 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
• Group pension plan helping you save for your future
• NHS Discount Cards & Blue

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Cygnet Health Care

Address

Kidsgrove

ST7 4JA

Employer's website

https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)