Occupational Therapist

As an Occupational Therapist, you change lives for the better. Join the multidisciplinary team at Chadwick Lodge in Milton Keynes and help people build a brighter future. It's what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

Chadwick Lodge and Eaglestone View offer medium, low secure and acute services providing specialist treatment programmes for patients who have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and have a history of offending behaviour. We also offer a rehabilitation intensive Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) service for women with a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD).

You will have experience in managing a designated caseload using theoretical and practical experience, completing assessments, planning, implementing interventions, and evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans. 

With a strong emphasis on teamwork, you’ll receive support from a regional network of healthcare professionals and enjoy access to a variety of training courses to support you reach your career goals.

This role involves:

• Completing assessments, planning sessions and implementing intervention.
• Evaluating outcomes aligned to care plans.
• Supervise Occupational Therapy Assistants.
• Implement and develop evidence-based therapeutic activities to aid mental health recovery.

To be successful in this role:

• Current HCPC registration and RCOT membership.
• Experience of working within a similar setting.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £30,000 - £45,000
• 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 employer

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

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