Occupation Therapist

Are you a recently graduated Occupational Therapist looking to embark on a rewarding career, where you are supported in everything you do? If so, join The Farndon Unit in Newark and give your career the best start. 

Working alongside a dedicated team you will be working at a service that provides services across low secure, rehabilitation and acute inpatient settings for women with mental health and personality disorder diagnoses.

You will be a part of an environment that has a strong emphasis on teamwork and will enjoy hands-on experience, receiving guidance and supervision from experienced healthcare professionals. You will have continuous access to a range of training opportunities to move your career forward.

Under supervision, you will be responsible for planning and facilitating evidence-based group and individual programmes. You will create individual rapports with service users to empower recovery. 

A range of training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your career aspirations

As a Graduate Occupational Therapist you will be:

• Providing comprehensive OT assessments.
• Under supervision, planning and reviewing OT treatment programmes.
• Under supervision, identifying and actioning referrals both in-house, including support staff, and to external agencies
• Supporting the planning, evaluation, and audit of practices, clinical pathways and protocols at St Mary's Hospital.
• Ensuring that contemporaneous, written and electronic records and activity data are maintained following professional and services standards.

 

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• Diploma/Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• State Registration (HPC).
• Evidence of ability to research, plan, implement and evaluate a project for specific groups
• Effective written/verbal communication skills

 

Where you will be working:

The Fardon Unit, Newark, Nottinghamshire

The Farndon Unit is a purpose-built hospital which provides services across low secure, rehabilitation and acute inpatient settings for women with mental health and personality disorder diagnoses.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £26,588
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – (inc Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check, holiday financing and much more. 

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.