Head of Occupational Therapy (Band 7)

• Position: Head of Occupational Therapy (Band 7)
• Location: Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital, Coventry CV2 4FN
• Contract: Full Time, Permanent
• Salary: £45,492 per year
• Responsible to: Regional Lead Occupational Therapist (Line Manager) and Hospital/ Service Manager.
• Hours: 40 hours per week

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist who would like to explore a rewarding career experience?

About Us

Cygnet Group was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.

Your Role

Service Line: Male Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and Male and Female Acute Mental Health.

Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital is our mental health hospital in Coventry, currently including Brook Ward our 15-bed acute service for men and Blythe Ward, a 12 bed PICU.

Our Occupational Therapy Service is responsible for the assessment and treatment of occupational dysfunction, through the use of purposeful and meaningful activities. Most recently, introducing VdTMoCA training for our Occupational Therapists, working towards this model being standard practice within the service line. Our clinical involvement is extremely valued by the wider team.

We want to recruit an exceptional Band 7, Head of Occupational Therapy. If you have a history of demonstrating clinical expertise and you have a passion for developing others, this could be an opportunity for your next challenge.

Your clinical caseload will be based on the male PICU, with the support of a full time Occupational Therapy Assistant. You will become a part of a close network of Occupational Therapists within the specialism, whom have recently developed a service line manual to support your understanding of the role in line with our model of care. You will have the opportunity to participate in regular service line meetings and clinical steering groups to encourage better outcomes and innovation in practice.

Occupational Therapy Directorate

Under the leadership of our occupational therapy directors we support over 150 Occupational Therapists and over 300 OT support staff. 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 therapy team members 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 with an occupational therapist
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
• Relocation package available
• Group 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...

A career at Cygnet comes with excellent benefits. Whether it's saving you 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.

If you would like to discuss this role with the recruiting occupational therapist, we'd be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Hailey Roberts (West Midlands Regional Lead OT) - [email protected] for further information.

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.