Occupational Therapist Assistant

Are you an Occupational Therapy Assistant looking to work for a company that supports, values, and recognises your dedication to delivering great healthcare? If so, this role might be for you. 

You will be joining the team at the Farndon Unit, a purpose-built hospital which offers three services for women with mental health and personality disorder diagnoses. The dedicated team offer personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways, including a trauma specific pathway, for women with complex care needs.

Under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, you will support the service in delivering structured skills development activities and assisting in the planning for individual and group therapeutic interventions. You will build one-to-one rapports with service users to support their participation in occupations that have value and meaning to them and which enable and enhance their recovery.

As an Occupational Therapist Assistant, you will contribute to the assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and modification of structured activities 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.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting the Occupational Therapists, Nurses and other members of the multi disciplinary team (MDT) in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual care plans.
• Supporting service users to achieve their goals and access appropriate services and resources.
• Maintaining adequate records, entering details in the service user healthcare records.

To be successful in this role you will have the following qualifications and experience:

• GCSE/O-Levels (A-C) or a relevant NVQ2.
• Experience of working within a similar environment and demonstrate an understanding of Mental Health diagnosis and its impact on individuals
• Verbal & written communication skills
• Experience of planning and facilitating activities

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £21,821 + 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 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. 

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 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.