The
Priory Hospital Middleton St George
is located close to Darlington, County Durham and provides individualised treatment and care for people with mental health needs of adults who present with complex and challenging behaviours, in a safe and supportive environment. Our comprehensive integrated services offer complete care pathways allowing service users to transfer effortlessly between the most appropriate care, meeting individual needs enabling recovery and re-engagement within the community and maximising life opportunities. Our multi-disciplinary teams provide care for up to 107 male and female service users, working collaboratively with their commissioners, across our 8 wards. Our focus is on the delivery of excellent care, empowering service users to progress towards the least restrictive setting and towards independence. Our vision is to place our Service Users at the heart of our service provision, working closely with them and their carers to support their recovery and rehabilitation. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a
Lead Occupational Therapist
to join our team. As the Lead Occupational Therapist, you will: Provide clinical, professional and operational leadership to the Occupational Therapy (OT) service, ensuring OT services are proactive and supportive of Priory objectives. Work closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues across the hospital site to support integration around patient care. Deliver a highly specialised and advanced standard of OT assessment, treatment and management for patients. Ensure that your practice and service meet agreed local and national standards and clinical governance requirements, including COT Standards for Practice, Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Participate in site service quality improvement initiatives including conducting investigations and quality monitoring assurance objectives and clinical audit. Oversee student placements within the OT team. Attend all site required meetings including Clinical Governance and Patient Safety and represent the OT department. Attend Regional OT meetings and provide feedback to site. Take responsibility for identified budget responsibilities related to the role, for example, the therapy activity budget. What we’d like to give you: • A competitive salary/Enhanced pay for weekend work • Disclosure check cost coverage • Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing with years of service • Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day’s annual leave • Free on-site parking • Access to our on-site gymnasium • Online benefits and cashback rewards • Cycle to work scheme • NEST Pension option • Local rewards and recognition programme open to all colleagues • Excellent staff break facilities in our bespoke staff lounge The successful candidate will be required to apply for a disclosure at the required level from the Disclosure & Barring Service. Visit our website www.priorygroup.com to apply or call Pam Thomas, Director of Clinical Services, on 01325 333192 to discuss this opportunity further.
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Priory Hospital Middleton St George
is located close to Darlington, County Durham and provides individualised treatment and care for people with mental health needs of adults who present with complex and challenging behaviours, in a safe and supportive environment. Our comprehensive integrated services offer complete care pathways allowing service users to transfer effortlessly between the most appropriate care, meeting individual needs enabling recovery and re-engagement within the community and maximising life opportunities. Our multi-disciplinary teams provide care for up to 107 male and female service users, working collaboratively with their commissioners, across our 8 wards. Our focus is on the delivery of excellent care, empowering service users to progress towards the least restrictive setting and towards independence. Our vision is to place our Service Users at the heart of our service provision, working closely with them and their carers to support their recovery and rehabilitation. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a
Lead Occupational Therapist
to join our team. As the Lead Occupational Therapist, you will: Provide clinical, professional and operational leadership to the Occupational Therapy (OT) service, ensuring OT services are proactive and supportive of Priory objectives. Work closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues across the hospital site to support integration around patient care. Deliver a highly specialised and advanced standard of OT assessment, treatment and management for patients. Ensure that your practice and service meet agreed local and national standards and clinical governance requirements, including COT Standards for Practice, Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Participate in site service quality improvement initiatives including conducting investigations and quality monitoring assurance objectives and clinical audit. Oversee student placements within the OT team. Attend all site required meetings including Clinical Governance and Patient Safety and represent the OT department. Attend Regional OT meetings and provide feedback to site. Take responsibility for identified budget responsibilities related to the role, for example, the therapy activity budget. What we’d like to give you: • A competitive salary/Enhanced pay for weekend work • Disclosure check cost coverage • Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing with years of service • Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day’s annual leave • Free on-site parking • Access to our on-site gymnasium • Online benefits and cashback rewards • Cycle to work scheme • NEST Pension option • Local rewards and recognition programme open to all colleagues • Excellent staff break facilities in our bespoke staff lounge The successful candidate will be required to apply for a disclosure at the required level from the Disclosure & Barring Service. Visit our website www.priorygroup.com to apply or call Pam Thomas, Director of Clinical Services, on 01325 333192 to discuss this opportunity further.
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