Occupational Therapist

Practice Plus Group; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a part-time Occupational Therapist to join their Mental Health team at a prison in Lancaster. The role involves providing assessments, treatment and ensuring high-quality care for a diverse patient caseload. Ideal candidates will have a diploma in occupational therapy and experience in challenging healthcare environments. Opportunities for career development are available.

Benefits

Onsite Parking

Training development opportunities

Access to gym

Employee assistance helpline

Discounts on shopping and leisure activities

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a diploma/degree in occupational therapy and current professional qualification (HCPC).
• Ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.
• Post registration experience and evidence of continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide occupational therapy assessment, treatment and evaluation.
• Deliver high quality patient care and rehabilitation.
• Manage needs of a diverse caseload including health and social care needs.

Skills

Diploma/degree in occupational therapy

Post registration experience

Understanding of multi-disciplinary working

Understanding of clinical governance

Education

HCPC professional qualification

Job description

About The Role

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have an exciting opportunity for a part time Occupational Therapist to join our Mental Health team at HMP Lancaster Farms, a category C prison located in the outskirts of Lancaster, Lancashire.

HMP Lancaster Farm consists of 550 males.

As a Occupational Therapist, you will work within the mental health team working closely together seeing patients in the healthcare department, you will also be required to work on the prison wings.

• Onsite Parking
• Training development opportunities
• Access to gym

Hours

• Monday - Friday
• 22.5 hours per week
• Hours to cover 8am - 4pm

Salary:

This position is part time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £43,609 - £49,175 per annum FTE - depending on experience, this will be pro rota.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

What you’ll be doing

• Be responsible for the provision of occupational therapy assessment, treatment and evaluation.
• Provide visible and professional support to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care and rehabilitation aimed at improving or maintaining independence.
• Working with a caseload of patients with varying difficulties including complete health and social care needs; responding effectively to the changing needs of the patient caseload, managing the sometimes conflicting priorities of prevention of admission and discharge.
• You’ll assess and order equipment as identified by patient need and allocate work to OT assistant or care staff as necessary. Establishing communication networks with other team members, patients and other health and social care agencies, attending joint visits with other professionals as required.

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we’ll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate and also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• Diploma/degree in occupational therapy with current professional qualification (HCPC)
• Post registration experience and evidence of continued professional development
• Understanding of the complexities of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working
• Understanding of clinical governance, health and safety, QOF, EBP and national standards

Although not essential, ideal applicants would have experience in a hospital, community or prison environment.

Secure environments are some of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

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