Occupational Therapy Assistant
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Direct ATS application. Include measurable achievements and core keywords from the job description.
Initial recruiter screening → Hiring Manager interview → Role-specific practical assessment.
Compensation benchmarked against current UK market rates (GBP).
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Role Overview & Responsibilities
Kneesworth House is situated in Cambridgeshire (on the borders of Hertfordshire) with good commuting access to / from London. The hospital offers a full pathway of care including Acute, PICU, Medium, Low Secure, Locked Rehabilitation and Open Recovery wards situated across the site.
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Are you interested in a career where you can have a positive impact on service users journey? Where supporting engagement in meaningful activities enhance’s health & well being? A career that is rewarding? Are you interested in Occupational Therapy?
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We have opportunities for Occupational Therapy Assistants to join our established Occupational Therapy Service at Kneesworth House Hospital.
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The Occupational Therapy Service offers therapeutic activities that are meaningful to each individual to support service users to maintain or develop new skills to promote recovery & well being.
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Under the supervision and guidance from an Occupational Therapist you will be actively involved in planning & implementing therapeutic activities and interventions for service users based on their interests, strengths and skills for living they might need to develop or restore. This may be 1:1 or groupwork sessions: on ward, off ward within the Occupational Therapy resource areas on site & within the community.
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The Occupational Therapy Service offers hospital wide opportunities including the Hospital Shop, Library, Café, Vocational Sessions: Animal Care, Horticulture, DIY, Work Opportunity Roles.
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Your role will involve creatively engaging service users & ability to adapt activities for the individuals to enhance service user experience, being compassionate to service user needs, flexibility & resilience for working with service users presenting with varying degrees of mental health difficulties. Good communication skills are required both verbal and written – computer skills for maintaining clinical records of service user engagement. Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously.
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<b>Activities and interventions may include:</b> supporting service users with cooking a meal, using a washing machine, reading a bus timetable, exploring leisure activities – art and craft sessions/music/ gardening, sports and fitness, social activities, promoting independent leisure skills, supporting service users to attend vocational and work opportunity roles.
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Priory offers opportunity to engage in training & CPD and to develop your career pathway – Priory supports Occupational Therapy Apprenticeships.
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Experience in a healthcare setting desirable for role.
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Benefits include:</b><br>
25 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays)
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An extra annual leave day for your Birthday
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Ongoing Training opportunities
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Access to Priory Apprenticeships
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Free Parking
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Access to spend and save benefits platform ‘Priory Perks’
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Contributory pension
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