Occupational Therapist - Eating Disorder Unit
Reference
PRI96779
Location
Priory Hospital Bristol, Heath House Lane, Stapleton, BS16 1EQ
Priory Group Division
Healthcare
Salary
up to £42,618 depending on experience
Hours
22.5
Vacancy Type
Permanent - Part Time
Job Advert Role Description
Priory Hospital Bristol is an elegant 18th century country residence set in beautiful parkland close to the centre of Bristol, less than 5 minutes away from the M32 leading directly onto the M4/M5 motorway.
Bristol is part of the Healthcare Division of Priory Group. It has 77 beds over seven wards varying from Eating Disorders, Acute Mental Health, Adult Psychiatric Intensive Care, Acquired Brain Injury, Huntington’s and Dementia, along with a growing outpatient therapy service.
The Priory purpose is to make a real and lasting difference for everyone we support through supporting our service users to ‘Live Your Life’. Our values are;
- Striving for excellence
- Putting people first
- Being positive
- Acting with integrity
- Being supportive
We are looking to employ an Occupational Therapist with experience working in eating disorder settings to work 3 days on our 10-bed eating disorder unit (EDU).
The role will involve completing assessments, developing and implementing person-centered treatment plans, facilitating group and 1:1 work, facilitating graded exposure work, educating on coping strategies, and contributing to multi-disciplinary team meetings. You will also work alongside and supervise an occupational therapy assistant.
Although you will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, a large part of the role will involve autonomous working. You will be expected to apply your occupational therapy skills, complete thorough risk assessments and use evidence-practice to guide your therapeutic interventions.
Previous experience working in eating disorders and mental health is essential for this post.
The post holder must have a degree in Occupational Therapy and be HCPC registered.
For further information, including key responsibilities, please contact Lead Occupational Therapist, Kayleigh Lewton on 0117 9525255.
For your hard work and dedication to Priory, we will offer you a wide range of benefits:
1. 25 days annual leave (increasing to 27 days after 5 years of service and 30 days after 10 years service)
2. Birthday Leave
3. Enhanced maternity pay
4. Contributory pension scheme
5. Opportunities to develop and train in a wide variety of care settings
6. Support and training from the beginning of your career
7. Flexible working
8. Supplemented meals
9. Access to Employee Assistant programme and other wellness programmes
10. Employee benefits scheme (e.g. discounted shopping vouchers, interest free Apple Products loan scheme)
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.