Occupational Therapist (Band 5)

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

About Us

Cygnet was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales. Cygnet Kewstoke hospital has more than 16 acres of landscaped grounds and overlooks the Bristol Channel. This beachside location, just outside Weston-super-Mare, helps us provide a quiet, peaceful and therapeutic environment.

Your Role

Service Line:

Acute Mental Health, Rehabilitation and Personality Disorder.

Summary of the site: Cygnet Kewstoke in Weston-Super-Mare offers an extensive specialised treatment, care and rehabilitation pathway which is unique in its ability to provide a dedicated pathway to meet the complex needs of service uses within our care.

• MDT consists of Psychiatry, Speciality Doctor’s, Nursing team, Psychology, Music therapy, Art therapy, Drama therapy and Dietician.
• Case load, up to 16 patients, 71 bedded service.
• Cygnet Kewstoke has 5 service lines and provides emergency admissions services for men and women, a specialist service for personality disorder and a rehabilitation service.
• Occupational Therapy Team consists of Head Occupational Therapist, Band 7,6 and 5 Occupational Therapist and 5 Occupational Therapy Assistants. We also work alongside the Active life team and activity coordinators.

This is a part-time role working 3 days / 22.5 hours per week

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.

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.

Occupational Therapy Preceptorship & Induction:

We understand the pandemic has brought with it challenging times, and we recognise this may have had an impact on some of your placement experiences. We offer an Occupational Therapy 12 month preceptorship programme to support and consolidate core Occupational Therapy Skills.

5 reasons why you should make an application today…

• We care about people in our services

• Expert clinical supervision and protected time for a weekly 1:1 with your clinical supervisor

• Induction & service line training in area of specialism

• Dedicated CPD time for peer support, skill development and specialist training

• We support and develop you to build skills and confidence for the next level in your career.

Cygnet 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 or arrange an informal visit, we’d be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Sarah Davies, Head Occupational Therapist.

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.

*Recruitment agencies please note: Speculative emails are not to be sent directly to our clinical staff, these need to go via our internal recruitment team. If speculative candidates are sent directly to a member of the clinical team, we will consider these candidates as our own*