Are you an Occupational Therapist Assistant looking to work for a company that supports, values and recognises your dedication to delivering great healthcare? If so, this might be for you.
Join Gateway Recovery Centre, as an Occupational Therapist Assistant and change the lives of men and women with complex mental health requirements to reduce risk behaviours associated with mental health conditions so that people in your care can ultimately live successful and fulfilling lives within the community.
Under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, you will support the service in delivering therapeutic interventions and assisting in the planning for individual and group therapeutic interventions, with a focus on independent living skills, community living skills, self-care and leisure. You will build one-to-one rapports with service users to encourage participation in activities and empower recovery.
As an Occupational Therapist Assistant, you will contribute to the assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and modification of structured interventions in order to measure progression and ensure effectiveness.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be supported regionally and will have access to a variety of training and online courses to support your career development and growth.
As an Occupational Therapist Assistant you will be:
• Assisting Occupational Therapists, Nurses and other MDT staff in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual care plans.
• Supporting service users to achieve their goals and access appropriate services.
• Maintaining adequate records, entering details in the service user healthcare records.
• Assisting in writing and updating Risk Assessments for activity and risk of environment for all relevant interventions
• Working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team members on patient interventions
• Contributing to the creation of patient and ward timetables, ensuring that patients have access to therapeutic interventions to meet their recovery needs and are provided with a range of activities to promote healthier lifestyles and skill development
• Providing effective and accurate clinical entries and outcome of activities using an electronic patient database system
• Developing patients’ programmes as informed by individual patient’s needs
• Supporting patients in developing vocational skills using activity and engagement
• Supporting patents within community integration, running community based interventions using public transport and locally-based resources
• Working individually with patients that lack motivation, supporting them to engage
• Liaising with the MDT to enhance staff/client working relationships
• Participating in monthly clinical supervision with the Occupational Therapist and the organisation's system of appraisal
• Participating in team building and other staff support measures in order to help the team develop
• Participating in and actively supporting the hospital's quality improvement programme
• Being conversant and follow corporate, hospital and local policies and procedure
• Complying with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and related legislation
• Engaging in Continual Professional Development (CPD) opportunities when available
• Develop links with other supportive external agencies as well as facilitate interventions
To be successful in this role, you will have:
• GCSE/O-Levels (A-C) or a relevant NVQ2.
• Experience in a similar environment & Mental Health
• Verbal and written communication skills
Where you will be working:
Location: Bennett’s Lane, Widnes, Warrington, WA8 0GT
You will be working at the Gateway Recovery Centre, a state-of-the-art facility, providing care for men and women with complex mental health requirements to reduce risk behaviours associated with mental health conditions so that people in your care can ultimately live successful and fulfilling lives within the community.
The service is split into four distinct areas:
• Male Service for the challenging and complex needs of adults with Autism spectrum condition
• Assessment and rehabilitation for women with complex mental health needs and personality difficulties
• Specialist inpatient service for older men with complex mental health and physical health needs.
• Low secure care setting for men with a mental illness with or without personality disorder/mild learning disabilities
You will be working alongside the team with the aim to improve the mental health and wellbeing of service users, to help them develop and maintain healthy relationships with others.
What you will get:
• Annual salary of £23,985
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Subsidised meals
• Free 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, special offers 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 and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.