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North London NHS Foundation Trust; London Borough of Islington; Presencial; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Excellent internal staff network

Flexible working

Resumo da oferta

North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Occupational Therapist for the Older Adults South Home Treatment Team. You will undertake comprehensive functional assessments to determine daily living capacity and motivate engagement in activities at home, offering aids, adaptations and sensory support to promote independence and wellbeing.

As a Clinical Specialist, you will support service user flow through autonomous decision making when assessing acutely unwell individuals at risk of

Qualificações

• Undertake comprehensive functional assessments to establish level of function and motivation in attending activities of daily living.
• Recommend aids, adaptations and sensory support to promote independence and wellbeing.
• Conduct generic mental health assessments, examinations and follow-up visits.
• Support service user flow through autonomous decision making when assessing acutely unwell service users at risk of hospital admission and determining whether home treatment is a safe alternative.

Responsabilidades

• Assess acutely unwell service users at risk of hospital admission for safe home treatment.
• Deliver follow-up visits and contribute to care planning within the Older Adults South Home Treatment Team.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The Older Adults South Home Treatment Team (HTT) is a multidisciplinary team that provides care and treatment to older adults over the age of 70, or with a diagnosis of dementia, who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Support is provided in their own home as an alternative to hospital admission. The role of the Occupational Therapist will be to undertake comprehensive functional assessments to establish service users' level of function and motivation in attending to activities of daily living. The OT will recommend aids, adaptations, sensory support, and other strategies to promote function, independence and wellbeing. In addition, the post holder will undertake generic mental health assessments, examinations, and follow up visits. As a Clinical Specialist, the post holder will support service user flow through autonomous decision making when assessing acutely unwell service users at risk of a hospital admission and determining whether home treatment is a safe alternative.

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. Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

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.