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About the Role
As Occupational Therapist, you will be expected to support the Occupational Therapy Team to manage a defined caseload of young people with eating disorders using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions at Schoen Clinic Newbridge. You will also need to maintain clinical records and work creatively alongside wider OT team to facilitate individual and group occupational therapy intervention and support young people in the community.
Here are some of the key things you'll be responsible for:
Supporting patients to help them set and work towards agreed goals
To assist the OT team to plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the patients, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
Carrying out observations, e.g. how a patient copes with daily living functions and feeding back information to the OT and MDT as appropriate
Planning. setting up of groups and leading activities (following a period of training and shadowing of OTs)
To comply with the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
To be a registered member of the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and follow relevant national policies and guidelines in conjunction with Schoen Clinic Newbridge procedures
After 1 year in post to attend practice educator training to support a student
For further information, please get in touch with us at recruitment@schoen-clinic.co.uk for a copy of the job description.
Details
Location
Schoen Clinic Birmingham
Job Type
Full time, Permanent
Category
Occupational Therapy
Salary
£27,000 - £28,080 per annum (depending on experience)
Benefits
You will have access to a wide range of benefits which include (but not limited to):
25 days holiday + bank holidays, which increases with the length of service
Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
Paid emergency leave
Professional development opportunities so that you can build your career with us
Contributory pension scheme with Royal London
Enhanced Private Medical Insurance with BUPA including access to a private GP service, free screening, and the inclusion of pre-existing conditions.
Dental Cover
Recognition schemes for employees
Eye care scheme with Specsavers
Online benefits portal with high street and online shopping discounts
Winter flu jabs
EAP assistance on a range of topics and concerns
Skills & requirements
The successful candidate will have a Good standard of education e.g. GCSE or equivalent and to be able to demonstrate theoretical knowledge gained to this level through formal training or experience.
Knowledge of eating disorders
Knowledge of mental health conditions
Creative skills e.g. art/craft
Car driver with daily use of own vehicle and business insurance to carry patients and staff (or willing to obtain this on commencing in post)
Basic IT skills – email, Word, Excel etc
Experience of working with young people age 8 – 18 years
Experience of working in healthcare and/or educational settings
Experience of documenting
Basic IT skills – email, Word, Excel etc
About your future team
Schoen Clinic Newbridge is a multi-award-winning and specialist eating disorder hospital, providing inpatient, outpatient and daycare services to young people aged 8-18 years.
Schoen Clinic culture
Our culture of world-class medical excellence is based around our five key values:
Accountable: Taking ownership of the things I say and do
Caring: Treating others as I would like to be treated
Collaborative: Working together to make a winning team
Courageous: Being proud to be different and challenge the norm
Determined: Seeing things through to meet and exceed expectations