Lead Occupational Therapist

Job Location	Brookmans Park
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	38,890 - 44,503 per annum
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Contract , full-time

Job Description

As a Senior Occupational Therapist, join the multidisciplinary team at Rhodes Wood Hospital in Hatfield where you will help people develop new skills and build a brighter future.Working 37.5 hours a week for 12 months in this maternity cover role, you will lead the occupational therapist team at Rhodes Wood Hospital in Hatfield, a specialist CAMHS Eating Disorder service, which empowers recovery to children and young people aged8-18 years with eating disorders.With previous experience within a similar role and/or setting, you will have managing a designated caseload and will be responsible for completing assessments, planning and facilitating group sessions, implementing 1-1 interventions, and evaluating outcomesaligned to service users care plans.You will lead, support and supervise the occupational health team and will be responsible for monitoring budgets, resource purchases, oversea the recruitment and induction process.With a strong emphasis on teamwork, benefit from support from a regional network of healthcare professionals and enjoy access to a variety of training courses to support you reach your career goals.Your responsibilities:

To review evidence base practice in relation to the provision of occupational therapy in the treatment of childhood and adolescent eating disorders to ensure the service is providing a high quality evidence based treatment approach.
To undertake detailed and highly specialist and systemic assessment of children and families using such assessment procedures.
The provision of highly specialist one-to-one clinical consultations to other clinical staff.
Contribute to the requirements of CPD provision and support the learning of multidisciplinary staff team at all levels of expertise.

To be successful in this role, youll need:

Diploma in Occupational Therapy or BSc in Occupational Therapy and Registered with the Health Professions Council
Attendance at postgraduate courses providing specialist knowledge or experience in Eating Disorders
Experience of working within a clinical/care environment
Experience of working in CAMHS Settings
Experience or motivation to work with young people with Autistic spectrum Disorder

What you will get:

Annual salary of £45,000 + Benefits
The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off!
Free meals and parking
Wellbeing support and activities
Career development and training
Pension contribution
Life Assurance
Enhanced Maternity Package

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 employerYou 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.The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each persons individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidateswill be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

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