Occupational Therapist

Are you looking for your next career step in a specialist hospital for Eating Disorders and Dementia?

Schoen Clinic York are looking for an Occupational Therapist  who will be responsible for assessing and treating patients for professional occupational therapy services in our specialist Eating Disorder and Dementia care setting.
We offer expert assessment and bespoke, patient-focussed treatment pathways in a discreet, safe and therapeutic setting. We treat every patient as a partner in their care, using a Multidisciplinary Team approach and working in collaboration with patients, their families and the relevant community mental health teams to achieve the best possible clinical outcome.

You will undertake occupational therapy assessments, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits enabling the patient in all areas of self-maintenance, productivity and leisure. Work with both our Eating Disorder patients and Dementia care service users to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan. You will be involved and take ownership of planning and implementing individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the patient, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals whilst monitoring and evaluating treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention.

Skills & requirements

You will have HCPC registration, and have professional knowledge acquired through degree or equivalent. You will have a good working knowledge of UK mental health law and a strong understanding and respect for confidentiality.
You will have the ability to work within and support a team to achieve organisational goals and ensure that the company values are upheld and its goals are met.

Salary

£30,000 - £35,000 per annum, depending on experience

Benefits
You will have access to a wide range of benefits which include (but not limited to):

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, which increases with the length of service
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
• Paid emergency leave
• Professional development opportunities so that you can build your career with us
• Contributory pension scheme with Royal London
• Private Medical Insurance with BUPA including access to a private GP service, free screening, and the inclusion of pre-existing conditions.
• Dental Cover
• Recognition schemes for employees
• Eye care scheme with Specsavers
• Online benefits portal with high street and online shopping discounts
• Winter flu jabs
• EAP assistance on a range of topics and concerns

About your future team

The Schoen Clinic Group (schoen-klinik.de) was founded in 1985 and has since developed into Germany's fifth-largest privately-owned hospital group, with 12,000 employees. It currently treats around 300,000 patients annually at 16 hospitals and 30 outpatient and day-clinic facilities in Germany and the UK. The group also includes the leading online telemedicine clinic: MindDoc.

Schoen Clinic entered the UK healthcare market in 2017, providing award-winning, expert-led healthcare specialising only in certain areas of medicine – mental health, complex dementia care and eating disorders at Schoen Clinic Chelsea, and Schoen Clinic York.