Community Dietitian

TN United Kingdom; Chigwell; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to providing exceptional mental health care. This innovative role as a Band 6 Occupational Therapist involves working within a dynamic crisis team, delivering expert therapeutic interventions and supporting individuals in acute mental health crises. You'll lead shift coordination, evaluate therapy effectiveness, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to foster a recovery-oriented culture. With a commitment to staff development and a supportive environment, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of service users while enjoying a range of benefits aimed at promoting work-life balance and wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Health and wellbeing support

Comprehensive induction programme

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of post-qualification experience in mental health settings.
• Proven ability to assess and manage clinical risks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality Occupational Therapy clinical expertise and service.
• Manage challenging clinical situations and plan interventions.

Skills

Occupational Therapy

Mental Health Assessment

Crisis Intervention

Leadership Skills

Time Management

Education

BSc Hons Occupational Therapy

HCPC Registration

Job description

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Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

This innovative role places a Band 6 Occupational Therapist within the B&D Home Treatment Team, providing rapid assessment, expert therapeutic interventions and shift coordination within a dynamic mental health crisis team. The post holder will apply an occupational and practical approach to assess and support individuals presenting with acute mental health crises. By embedding the unique perspective of occupational therapy, the post holder will contribute to fostering a recovery-oriented and therapeutic culture within the team. The OT will work in collaboration with MDT and supervise teams STR workers and facilitate some group work/activities for service users and carers.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality Occupational Therapy clinical expertise and service.
• Provide leadership and shift coordination for the B&DHTT.
• Responsible for the delivery a range of evidence-based interventions which promote recovery, social inclusion and normalisation for service users.

oversee and lead on the provision of therapeutic interventions, including de-escalation strategies and emotional support, to individuals experiencing acute mental health crises.

• Manage challenging clinical situations and plan interventions whilst ensuring regular evaluation of the service users care plan.
• Critically evaluate effectiveness of therapy interventions, in collaboration with service users, carers and other professionals.
• Provide specialist clinical advice and contribute to clinical information on service users’ progress by attending meetings and ward rounds.
• Work in partnership with a range of other services to provide support and treatment to service users to facilitate the safe management of their needs.
• Take responsibility for an evidence-based clinical audit.

Ensure that the B&DHTT team is able to offer practical assistance to address factors contributing to crisis, such as housing, finances, or social support needs.

• Conduct ADL/functional assessment and support service user with adaptions of their living environment if needed. Support with social inclusion, and identify barriers to social inclusion.

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-CostArea Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Person specification

Qualifications,

• BSc Hons OT
• Current HCPC registration
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

• Proven ability to assess and manage clinical risks effectively.
• Minimum of two years of post-qualification experience in mental health cute or crisis settings, with substantial experience managing complex cases.
• Experience in applying occupational therapy models within acute or crisis settings.
• Experience of audit and/or QI projects
• Member of a Specialist Interest Group

Knowledge and Skills

• In-depth understanding of mental health conditions in an acute/crisis setting, their impact on occupational performance, and recovery principles
• Time management, prioritisation and team working in a challenging environment
• Excellent leadership and team coordination skills.

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.