Occupational Therapist – Maternity Cover - Chadwick Lodge & Eaglestone View - Milton Keynes (2025-07- 2026-07) As an Occupational Therapist at Chadwick Lodge and Eaglestone View, I work within a medium, low and acute secure forensic service providing specialist treatment programmes for service users detained under the Mental Health Act (1983). My caseload includes remand patients, those transferred from prison and individuals with a history of serious offending. I work as part of a consultant-led Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), contributing to evidence-based therapeutic interventions designed to reduce re-offending risk, maximise each patient's potential and support their progression into community settings wherever possible.
- Deliver both group and individual OT therapeutic programmes, building individual therapeutic rapport with service users to empower their recovery and promote independence.
- Carry out comprehensive OT assessments using standardised and non-standardised tools, including the Model of Human Occupation Screening Tool (MOHOST), to identify each patient's needs, strengths and goals.
- Plan and review personalised OT treatment programmes under clinical supervision, ensuring interventions are tailored and evidence-based.
- Apply and monitor Section 17 leave for each individual patient — a critical legal and safeguarding responsibility within forensic settings, as it governs a detained patient's lawful movement and must be rigorously overseen by all professionals involved in their care.
- Implement and uphold safeguarding protocols for service users with complex mental illness, ensuring all interactions — including conversations, Section 17 Community Leave and clinical decisions — are handled safely, thoroughly scrutinised and fully documented.
- Actively monitor and contribute to risk management processes, ensuring that all identified risks are assessed, clearly communicated across the MDT and regularly reviewed.
- Identify and action referrals where required, including to Speech and Language Therapy (SALT), physiotherapy and other in-house and external agencies, ensuring patients receive holistic and well-coordinated care.
- Recommend and facilitate appropriate equipment and adaptations for patients, including walking aids, bathroom chairs, specialist beds and other assistive devices, to support safe and independent functioning.
- Support the planning, evaluation and audit of clinical practices and protocols within the service.
- Maintain contemporaneous written and electronic records in line with professional and service standards, ensuring accurate and thorough documentation at all times.
- Accompany a qualified nurse to assess a potential patient at an open rehabilitation setting, gaining direct experience of cross-service assessment and admission processes.
Reablement Support
Officer - West Northamptonshire Council - Northampton (2023-05 - 2023-08) Short-term Contract - Promoted client independence, dignity, choice and rights in line with care values.
- Observed, encouraged and prompted individuals to learn or re-learn skills following illness or injury. Administrator and Healthcare Assistant - BHR Redbridge and Havering University Hospitals (2017-06 - 2020-04) - Conducted patient observations including temperature and blood pressure monitoring.
- Supported patients with personal care needs and daily inquiries.
- Managed ward administration including admitting and discharging patients on the system.
- Ordered medications and equipment weekly; booked patient transport and maintained records.
Clinic Prep
Administrator - Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust - Romford (2015-06 - 2017-04) - Managed and tracked patient notes across multiple hospital sites.
- Updated clinical data, handled correspondence and maintained filing systems. Site Secretary - Jack Constructions (2013-01 - 2015-12) - Managed daily administrative routines including timesheets, petty cash and site drawings.
- Handled correspondence, answered phones and supported reception duties. Care Co-ordinator - Majestic Care Ltd (2010-11 - 2012-12) - Coordinated staffing bookings and ensured workers were placed and paid accurately.
- Organised training meetings and motivated the team in a pressurised environment.
Administrative
Assistant - Barking & Dagenham Translating & Interpreting Service (2006-05 - 2010-10) - Maintained databases, scheduled appointments and registered new translators.
- Produced timesheets, accounts and supported day-to-day administrative operations. OT Student Placement – Forensic Mental Health - St Andrew's Healthcare PICU (2021-11 - 2021-12) Worked across male and female Psychiatric Intensive Care Units with patients experiencing acute mental health conditions including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and personality disorders.
- Delivered MOHO-based therapeutic interventions including cooking, sensory sessions and gym activities; developed care plans within the MDT. OT Student Placement – Stroke Acute Inpatient Unit - Northampton General Hospital (2024-02 - 2024-05) - Conducted cognitive and functional assessments, manual handling assessments and developed personalised treatment plans for stroke survivors.
- Collaborated with families and the MDT on discharge planning, home assessments and referrals to community services. OT Student Placement – OT Hand Therapy - Kettering General Hospital (2024-09 - 2024-12) Rehabilitated patients with hand and upper limb injuries including fractures, carpal tunnel syndrome and tendon injuries.
- Developed skills in splinting, wound care, range of motion assessment and individualised treatment planning. OT Student Placement – Residential Care - Merrifield House Care Home (2022-06 - 2022-08) - Carried out ADL and personal care assessments for residents with dementia, frailty and mental health conditions.
- Accompanied the home-care manager to hospitals for assessments and potential rehousing. OT Student Placement – Surgical Care - Northampton General Hospital (2021-05 - 2021-06) - Conducted initial assessments and developed treatment plans focused on patient independence using adaptive equipment.
- Collaborated with the MDT on discharge planning and coordinated ongoing community support.
