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Providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health difficulties to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.
Mildmay Oaks is a low secure and locked rehabilitation service for men with learning disability and autism spectrum disorder, and for women with learning disability.
Our Lead Occupational Therapist role involves:
- Providing Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment for an allocated caseload of patients
- Participating in comprehensive assessments of new patients, following the assessment pathway for Mildmay Oaks
- Completing a range of Model of Human Occupation standardised assessments.
- Enabling patients to address specific needs in relation to health and well-being, respecting their dignity, wishes and beliefs and involving them in decision making and goals that are meaningful to them as part as their recovery
- Identifying and assessing potential risks involved in occupations and activities, for example outside of the ward and in the community, and taking appropriate action
- Assessing and providing environmental adaptations to facilitate daily living
- Devising and carrying out treatment plans taking into consideration risk factors and grading of activities
- Using goal-setting with patients to ensure effective treatment and as an OT outcome measure
- Contributing feedback to clinical discussions and the weekly clinical team meetings
- Carrying out individual sessions on/off the ward and in community settings
- Gaining experience of working in open and closed groups on and off the ward
- Working alongside and supervising support staff in the delivery of the ward programme
- Engaging and communicating effectively with patients, using a range of communication strategies, taking into account barriers of communication e.g. cognitive impairment, physical and sensory impairments
- Keeping up to date and accurate clinical records, maintained in accordance with professional and departmental standards, to provide a clear record of intervention of the OT service and ensure confidentiality is maintained
- Evaluating interventions informally after each session and through regular review reports
- Attending CPA’s and provide a formal written and verbal report
In return for your expertise and hard work, we offer a wide range of benefits:
- Competitive salary
- 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 bank holidays increasing to 30 days plus bank holidays with length of service
- Extra Service Annual leave awards
- Career development – progress across the Staff Nurse grading is via a distinct career path
- A contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Private medical insurance
- Personal health insurance
- An employee assistance programme
- Free meals/refreshments when on duty
- Free car parking
- Flexible Benefits Packages
About us
From education to hospitals, care homes and secure facilities, the Priory Group of Companies offers individually tailored, multidisciplinary treatment programmes for those with complex educational needs or requiring acute, long-term and respite mental healthcare.
The integrated strength of each service provides a seamless transition for the individual as they progress between higher and lower dependency care and across services. This unique approach ensures that every individual has the opportunity to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life with the Priory Group.
As 85% of our services are publicly funded and delivered in partnership with commissioners, our teams work with commissioning bodies across the country to provide transparent pricing models and evidence-based care programmes.
Disclosure
All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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