Community Occupational Therapist

Integrated Care System; Enfield; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join a dynamic Community team at a prominent healthcare trust. The successful candidate will provide occupational therapy assessments and interventions to patients with mental health needs, while working collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team. This role offers extensive training opportunities, supports professional development, and requires effective communication skills along with HCPC registration. Salary is competitive, and the trust is dedicated to providing high-quality mental health care in the community.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction programme

Continuous professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with HCPC and qualifications in specific activities.
• Postgraduate experience in working with mental health conditions.
• Up-to-date knowledge of developments affecting OT practice.

Responsibilities

• Providing OT assessments and interventions for patients.
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team including various specialists.
• Liaising with internal and external services to support patient care.

Skills

Effective written communication skills

Ability to apply and develop core OT Skills

Experience in Recovery principles

Education

Dip. COT or BSc OT & Registered with HCPC

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has emerged for an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our forward-thinking and dynamic Community team at the North London Foundation Trust. Are you:

• A newly Qualified (or soon to be) Occupational Therapist who is passionate about high quality care?
• An experienced Band 5 OT yearning to develop existing skills in a diverse but supportive area?
• Driven, flexible and highly motivated individual who can adapt to a unique environment.

The OT team:

• You will be working alongside a large team of inpatient and community OTs (Band 7, Band 6 and Band 4 Technical Instructors).
• The team has a wealth of experience and opportunities to share to aid learning and development. We offer a robust induction programme, including preceptorship (if applicable), many training opportunities in house and externally, and frequent robust supervision.

The service:

We provide comprehensive mental health rehabilitation to an adult population and the services includes The Learning Disability Pathway, Women's services, Forensic CHOICES Community Hub and Healthcare provision within prison services.

The Community Team provide care and support for patients on the discharge pathway or those living in the community, who have received care within medium and low security due to presenting with complex mental health needs and a forensic / offending history.

Main duties of the job

• Working within our Forensic Community Team, across the boroughs of Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. You may be required to work outside of these areas at times.
• Providing OT assessment and intervention to patients detained under The Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 2007), many of whom suffer from a severe and enduring mental illness and have a history of offending behaviour.
• Working alongside a robust multi-disciplinary team including Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, Dual Diagnoses, Employment Advisors, Peer Workers and Care Coordinators.
• Liaising with internal and external services, e.g., Inpatient / OT teams, experts by experience, vocational and educational services, housing, etc.
• The OT role focuses on functional daily living skills, establishing structured routines and managing specific mental health and risk issues.
• Working alongside Band 4 Technical Instructors and Band 6 and 7 Occupational Therapists to deliver 1:1 session and a group programme to meet individual needs.

About us

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Person Specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Dip. COT or BSc OT & Registered with HCPC
• Qualifications in specific activities e.g. craft, gym etc
• Mandatory Training PSTS / PMCB training

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Experience of group work
• Experience of working in an MDT
• Post graduate experience of working with people with mental health conditions relevant to specialty of post
• Experience of carrying out functional assessments
• Up to date knowledge of developments effecting OT practice

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Effective written communication skills to includes reports, assessments, supervision
• Ability to apply and develop core OT Skills
• Post graduate clinical experience in forensic Mental Health and a demonstrated ability to understand clinical needs of the forensic client group
• Experience of using MOHO assessments i.e. MOHOST, ACIS.
• Experience in Recovery principles
• Experience of co-facilitation of groups.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£35,763 to £43,466 a yearPer annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS