Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist (band 5)
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Maidstone
- Salary
- 27000.00 - 29000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 16 Jun 2022
- Closes
- 14 Jul 2022
- Sectors
- Health, Nursing & Social Care, NHS
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Are you a newly qualified Occupational Therapist who would like to explore a rewarding career in Mental Health? Are you looking for an opportunity where you can gain experience across different mental health service lines, whilst being supported in a preceptorship programme provided to our new grads?
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
Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist
Full time 5 days per week GBP27,000 (Up to GBP29,000 on completion of preceptorship)
Service Line: Mental Health Adults Female (Personality Disorder)
Summary of the site: Cygnet Hospital Maidstone is our state-of-the-art, 63 bed mental health facility for adults situated in the Kent Medical Campus in Maidstone.
Cygnet Hospital Maidstone is purpose built to meet the latest national specifications for improving mental health within a therapeutic environment. The hospital will provide an important and much-needed service for local patients from Kent.
The hospital is split into four distinct wards, each offering specialist mental health services:
Roseacre Ward - Highly Specialised Personality Disorder service for women
Kingswood Ward - High Dependency Rehabilitation service for men
Bearsted Ward - Specialist PICU Service for Men
Saltwood Ward - Male low secure wardThe hospital's services have been requested and agreed by local and regional NHS bodies to meet the urgent demand for specialist mental health services within Kent. The aim is to ensure that local people can be treated close to home and as near as possible to their friends and family.
Summary of the ward: Roseacre is Cygnet Hospital Maidstone's Personality Disorder service for Women. Roseacre supports women with a history of Personality Disorder, self-harm and trauma. You do not need experience in Personality Disorder services; however a willingness to learn new skills.
As an Occupational Therapist, you will provide direct clinical care which will encompass OT assessments, treatment and management of patients within the service.
In this role you will assess, implement and develop an OT-led service that meets service user's needs. This will be based upon the occupational therapy process, of assessment, intervention and review of occupational need. The focus on this service is community living and functional and coping skills.
MDT: There is a highly experienced Multi-Disciplinary Team is made up of a consultant psychiatrist, specialty doctor, occupational therapist, psychotherapist, assistant psychologist, social worker, registered mental health nurses and healthcare assistants.
Caseload: There are 16 beds on the ward. You will have the support of a full-time Occupational Therapy Assistant.
As a newly qualified OT, you will receive support in growing your OT skills through our 12-month Cygnet OT preceptorship.
You will receive supervision from an experienced Occupational Therapist and support from weekly 1:1 meetings with your supervisor.
Other OTs on site: The Occupational Therapy team is made up of 3 other OTs including a Band 5, Senior OT and a Head OT. There are in total 4 OT Assistants including your ward, and a Recovery College Lead. The team is very supportive and is committed to developing you as a person and clinician.
Unique Selling Point: The ward features a sensory room which is a vital part of the ward's strategy of supporting patients in their emotional regulation.
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. There are regular service line meetings for all OTs in the particular service line to share good practice and provide peer support across services.
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
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
Newly Qualified Occupational Therapist
Full time 5 days per week GBP27,000 (Up to GBP29,000 on completion of preceptorship)
Service Line: Mental Health Adults Female (Personality Disorder)
Summary of the site: Cygnet Hospital Maidstone is our state-of-the-art, 63 bed mental health facility for adults situated in the Kent Medical Campus in Maidstone.
Cygnet Hospital Maidstone is purpose built to meet the latest national specifications for improving mental health within a therapeutic environment. The hospital will provide an important and much-needed service for local patients from Kent.
The hospital is split into four distinct wards, each offering specialist mental health services:
Roseacre Ward - Highly Specialised Personality Disorder service for women
Kingswood Ward - High Dependency Rehabilitation service for men
Bearsted Ward - Specialist PICU Service for Men
Saltwood Ward - Male low secure wardThe hospital's services have been requested and agreed by local and regional NHS bodies to meet the urgent demand for specialist mental health services within Kent. The aim is to ensure that local people can be treated close to home and as near as possible to their friends and family.
Summary of the ward: Roseacre is Cygnet Hospital Maidstone's Personality Disorder service for Women. Roseacre supports women with a history of Personality Disorder, self-harm and trauma. You do not need experience in Personality Disorder services; however a willingness to learn new skills.
As an Occupational Therapist, you will provide direct clinical care which will encompass OT assessments, treatment and management of patients within the service.
In this role you will assess, implement and develop an OT-led service that meets service user's needs. This will be based upon the occupational therapy process, of assessment, intervention and review of occupational need. The focus on this service is community living and functional and coping skills.
MDT: There is a highly experienced Multi-Disciplinary Team is made up of a consultant psychiatrist, specialty doctor, occupational therapist, psychotherapist, assistant psychologist, social worker, registered mental health nurses and healthcare assistants.
Caseload: There are 16 beds on the ward. You will have the support of a full-time Occupational Therapy Assistant.
As a newly qualified OT, you will receive support in growing your OT skills through our 12-month Cygnet OT preceptorship.
You will receive supervision from an experienced Occupational Therapist and support from weekly 1:1 meetings with your supervisor.
Other OTs on site: The Occupational Therapy team is made up of 3 other OTs including a Band 5, Senior OT and a Head OT. There are in total 4 OT Assistants including your ward, and a Recovery College Lead. The team is very supportive and is committed to developing you as a person and clinician.
Unique Selling Point: The ward features a sensory room which is a vital part of the ward's strategy of supporting patients in their emotional regulation.
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. There are regular service line meetings for all OTs in the particular service line to share good practice and provide peer support across services.
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