About the Role
As the Senior Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for assessing and treating patients for professional occupational therapy services in a specialist setting. You will manage the caseload whilst prioritising patient needs and will provide occupational therapy advice to other disciplines where needed and supervise the Occupational Therapy department team at the Newbridge site.
Here are some of the key things you'll be responsible for:
You will be required to undertake occupational therapy assessments, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the patient in all areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure.
Work with patients to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan
Plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the patient, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals
Monitor and evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention
Supervising the site based Occupational Therapy team
Engage in and contribute to service development activities
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
£35,750 - £37,750 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 professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent, a good working knowledge of UK mental health law and HCPC registered.
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