Elysium Healthcare
Occupational Therapist (6-9 Month Fixed term Contract)
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Occupational Therapist (6-9 Month Fixed term Contract)
Fixed Term Occupational Therapist Role – 30 Hours Per Week
Are you a recently Occupational Therapist looking for a rewarding career where you’ll receive full support?
About the Role
Join The Spinney in Atherton, on a fixed-term contract (6–9 months) to cover maternity leave.
This is a part-time position (30 hours per week), working within medium and low secure services, providing specialist treatment programmes for service users detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) with history of offending behaviour.
You’ll thrive in a team-focused environment with hands-on experience, supervised guidance, and access to a wide range of training opportunities to enhance your career.
Key Responsibilities
As an Occupational Therapist, you will:
- Provide comprehensive OT assessments
- Plan and review OT treatment programmes (under supervision)
- Identify and action referrals, including internal (support staff) and external (agencies) routes
- Support the planning, evaluation, and audit of clinical practices, pathways, and protocols at The Spinney
- Maintain professional, contemporaneous records (written and electronic), following service and organisational standards
- Facilitate evidence-based group and individual programmes for recovery-oriented rehabilitation
- Build strong therapeutic rapport with service users
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Requirements
To succeed in this role, you’ll need:
- A qualified Diploma or Degree in Occupational Therapy
- UK HCPC registration (or currently applying)
- Evidence of being able to research, plan, implement, and evaluate projects for specific groups
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Where You’ll Work
The Spinney offers a range of care settings for male patients with personality disorder and/or mental illness.
- Facilities include:
- Medium and low secure wards
- Rehabilitation units
- Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
- Location: Everest Road, Atherton, Manchester, M46 9NT (set within 11 acres of woodland and landscaped gardens)
The team is recognized by the Association of Psychological Therapies (APT) for excellence in positive behavioural reinforcement, preventing challenging behaviour, and effective secure care interventions.
Benefits Package
Elysium Healthcare places a strong emphasis on staff wellbeing, offering:
- Annual base salary of £30,914 per annum (prorated for 30 hours/week)
- 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) + birthday off + optional extra days
- Career development with comprehensive training
- Rewards & Benefits platform (Ely-Vate): exclusive deals, discounts, wellbeing resources
- Wellbeing support and work-life balance initiatives
- Blue Light Card for discounts
- Life Assurance
- Stream Wages app for instant access to earned wages + savings options
- On-demand GP service and second medical opinions
- Enhanced Maternity Package including generous leave provisions
- Pension contributions for your future planning
- Free/subsidised meals
- Onsite/local free parking
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About Your Employer
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network with 8,000+ employees across England and Wales and 10 countries worldwide.
Their services cover:
- Mental Health
- Neurological
- Learning Disabilities & Autism
- Children & Education
Key Initiatives at Elysium: ✔ Safer recruitment for all staff appointments ✔ Disability Confident Employer – committed to inclusion ✔ Safeguarding responsibilities (all staff required to comply) ✔ DBS checks mandatory for all candidates
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