Occupational Therapy Assistant

Reference

PRI101451

Location

Kneesworth House, Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 5JP

Priory Group Division

Healthcare

Salary

£24,638

Hours

37.5

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Full Time

Job Advert Role Description

Are you interested in a career where you can have a positive impact on service users journey? Where supporting engagement in meaningful activities enhances health & wellbeing?

A career that is rewarding?

Are you interested in Occupational Therapy?

We have opportunities for an Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our established Occupational Therapy Service at Kneesworth House Hospital.

The Occupational Therapy Service offers therapeutic activities that are meaningful to each individual to support, maintain or develop new skills to promote recovery & wellbeing. 

Under the supervision and guidance from an Occupational Therapist you will be actively involved in

Occupational Therapy assessments, treatment planning & implementing therapeutic activities and interventions 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.

The Occupational Therapy Service offers hospital wide opportunities including the Hospital Shop, Library, Café, Vocational Sessions: Animal Care, Horticulture, DIY, Work Opportunity Roles.

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.

Activities and interventions may include: 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. 

Priory offers opportunity to engage in training & CPD and to develop your career pathway – Priory supports Occupational Therapy Apprenticeships. 

Experience in a healthcare setting desirable for role.

Priory offer a wide range of benefits including:

• 25 days Annual Leave (increasing to 27 days after 5 years of service and 30 days after 10 years service)
• Birthday Leave - An extra day off for your birthday
• Contributory pension scheme
• Free Parking on site
• Supplemented meals
• Access to benefits platform ‘Priory Perks’

 

For more information on this role, please contact leeatkinson@priorygroup.com

Division DBS info

About us

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your Pre-Employment checks. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements.  We thank you for your understanding. 

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.

Job Description

Occupational_Therapist_Assistant_JD_2022_1_.pdf

Closing Date

06/07/2025