Occupational Therapist

CS UK Recruitment Ltd; Ayr; Presencial; GBP 31.000 - 38.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

25 days annual leave

Birthday off

Career progression

On-site meals

Induction training

Descripción de la vacante

CS UK Recruitment Ltd is recruiting an Occupational Therapist for a mental health service in Ayr, Scotland. The successful candidate will assess and treat service users within a low secure setting, in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

HCPC registration is essential, and prior experience with mental illness or personality disorders is highly valued. The role is permanent and full-time, offering a comprehensive benefits package.

Formación

• HCPC registration is required.
• Experience with mental illness or personality disorders preferred.
• Effective clinical reasoning and assessment skills.
• Ability to lead and supervise trainees.

Responsabilidades

• Undertake patient assessment and observation to plan interventions.
• Maintain close multidisciplinary team relationships and ensure practice aligns with policies.
• Support junior OT staff and students.
• Lead development and implementation of OT service within the site.
• Organise and deliver therapeutic activities for service users.
• Assess service users’ response to interventions.
• Provide education to service users, carers and other disciplines.
• Record all patient activity information.

Conocimientos

Mental health

Clinical reasoning

Assessment skills

Intervention planning

Team collaboration

Educación

HCPC registered Occupational Therapist

Descripción del empleo

An amazing new job opportunity has arisen for a committed Occupational Therapist to work in an exceptional mental health service based in the Ayr, Scotland area. You will be working for one of UK's leading health care providers

This special mental health service is a low secure hospital for males and females with mental illness and/or personality disorders

**To be considered for this position you must be qualified as an Occupational Therapist registered with the HCPC**

Key responsibilities include:

• Undertake patient assessment and observation to identify patient need before planning and delivering appropriate and relevant interventions on either a group of individual basis
• Maintain and develop close working relationships with professional and clinical colleagues within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that clinical practice is in line with company policies and procedures
• Support junior occupational therapy staff and students
• Lead on further development and implementation of occupational therapy service within the site, under supervision of Lead Occupational Therapist
• Organise and deliver therapeutic activities for service users
• Assess service users’ response to interventions in accordance with agreed models of practice
• Provide practical support, advice and education to service users, carers and other disciplines
• Be responsible for the recording of all patient related activity information

The following skills and experience would be preferred and beneficial for the role:

• Relevant clinical experience with mental illness and/or personality disorder
• Extensive experience of applying occupational frames of reference and approaches
• Demonstrates evidence highly effective clinical reasoning skills
• Highly specialist knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
• Knowledge of how to work with neurodiverse individuals

The successful Occupational Therapist will receive an excellent salary of £31,249 - £38,080 per annum - Pay frequency is monthly. This exciting position is a permanent full time role working 37.5 hours a week. In return for your hard work and commitment you will receive the following generous benefits:

• 25 days’ annual leave (increasing with length of service to a maximum of 30)
• Birthday off
• Opportunities to develop and progress in a wide variety of care settings
• Subsidised on site meals
• Full onsite induction training and orientation programme