Senior Occupational Therapist

Transformation Unit; Enfield; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Senior Occupational Therapist (NHS AfC: Band 6) to work across Enfield Crisis Home Treatment Team and Suffolk Crisis Prevention House. The role involves assessment, rehabilitation, discharge planning and service improvements within community teams in Enfield.

You will work with OT leads and MDT colleagues to embed rehabilitation principles, lead group interventions and contribute to QI projects while advancing recovery-focused care for

Qualifications

• Dip. COT or BSc OT and HCPC registration.
• Postgraduate qualifications in related areas (e.g. AMPS, CBT).
• Experience with MOHOST/MOHO assessments and Recovery Star.

Responsibilities

• Carry a case load with clinical responsibility.
• Perform standardised/non-standardised assessments (MOHOST, AMPS).
• Plan, run and evaluate treatment sessions using graded activities.
• Facilitate group interventions and establish group programmes.
• Collaborate with MDTs to assess housing needs and provide OT feedback.

Skills

OT process knowledge

Core OT skills

MOHOST/MOHO assessments

Recovery principles (Recovery Star)

Education

Dip. COT or BSc OT

HCPC registered

Postgraduate qualifications

Job description

Employer North London NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site 127 The Ridgeway, Ivy House Town Enfield Salary £45,953 - £54,254 Per annum including HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 17/11/2026 23:59

Senior Occupational Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Thank you for your interest in North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT).

As of 1 April 2026, NLFT has formally merged with Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust—marking the start of an exciting new chapter. This is a unique opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation at a time of transformation, where we are strengthening access to mental health services, responding more effectively to complex and specialist needs, and advancing our work in education, research and innovation.

By bringing together our combined expertise, we are building a stronger, more collaborative Trust—one that delivers consistent, high-quality care and improved outcomes for the diverse communities we serve.

At the heart of our approach is The North London Way. We are committed to:

• Working collaboratively at every level, guided by our shared values
• Shaping a positive, inclusive culture where staff and service users thrive
• Empowering our teams with the skills, tools and autonomy to drive meaningful change
• Delivering excellence and continuously improving the quality of care we provide
• Embedding research, innovation and technology across our services
• Taking a trauma-informed approach in everything we do

We are proud to be an inclusive employer that values diversity. We actively welcome applicants from all backgrounds, particularly from our local communities, and are committed to creating opportunities for everyone—including apprentices, veterans and care leavers.

The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

As a values‑driven Trust, we recruit through our values. Our selection processes focus on behaviours, attitudes, and examples that reflect our organisational values and commitment to compassionate, high‑quality care.

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An exciting opportunity has arisen within Enfield Crisis Home Treatment Team.

The Occupational Therapist will work across Enfield Crisis Home Treatment Team and Suffolk Crisis Prevention House to provide assessment, rehabilitation intervention and plan supportive discharge. In addition they will work alongside Lead Occupational Therapist and Occupational Therapists from other community core teams to create streamlined Occupational Therapy offers across the borough; developing service improvements, QI projects and groups to meet the needs of the Enfield population.

Main duties of the job

1. To carry a case load for which you have clinical responsibility

2. To carry out a range of standardised/non-standardised assessments, e.g MOHOST, sensory assessments and recovery Star, AMPS in accordance with OT Pathway to provide a baseline for OT with clear treatment objectives

3. To plan, run and evaluate treatment sessions using graded activities to achieve treatment aims.

4. To facilitate group interventions and develop group program.

5. To be work with teams to assess suitability of accommodation and housing need to give OT feedback to MDT and other agencies as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

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:

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

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

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

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work closely with the OT and Therapy Lead, the Lead OT for community services and community teams to establish occupational therapy specific roles across the community mental health services in Enfield. The post holder will hold a case load and work as an occupational therapist across Enfield community core teams, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment and ensure safe discharge. In particular the post holder will embed rehabilitation principles within the HTT. The post holder will provide both specialist occupational therapy assessments and offer a strengths based, recovery focused approach with the aim of enhancing daily living skills, and engagement in meaningful and purposeful activities for service users across the community. The occupational therapist will work across services providing specific time limited interventions with clear goals established with the service user and in conjunction with the supporting clinical team.

The post holder will work with service users who have complex and substantial needs, often working with persons with dual diagnosis and coexisting conditions including physical health needs. Having a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 2007) will be required as the post holder will support service users return to or adjust to new accommodation in the community following admission to hospital and with the aim of preventing hospital admissions.

Please see attached JD and person specification for further details relative to this role.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• Dip. COT or BSc OT
• Registered with HCPC
• Postgraduate qualifications in related areas e.g. AMPS, CBT, DBT, sensory qualification/training
• Membership of RCOT/specialist networks e.g. RCOTMHSS

Experience /knowledge

• Post graduate experience of working with people with mental health conditions relevant to specialty of post
• Experience of group and individual occupational therapy interventions
• Experience of working in an MDT
• Experience of relating to people form a range of social and ethnic backgrounds
• Experience of using standardised assessments, e.g. MOHOST
• Experience of supervising junior staff / students
• Knowledge and Experience of leading, service developments and quality improvement

skills and abilities

• Working knowledge of the occupational therapy process
• Ability to apply and develop core OT skills
• Experience of using MOHO assessments i.e. MOHOST, ACIS
• Experience in Recovery principles, e.g. Recovery Star

Personal Qualities

• Empathy for people with mental health problems
• Experience with service user involvement
• Experience with external network involvement

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we reserve the right to close any vacancies before the stated closing date. Therefore, please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

In line with NHS protocols, only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We regret that it is not possible to contact all applicants for every vacancy. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for the next stage.

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You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, please click here

References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.

Please note, in order to progress your application your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of North London NHS Foundation Trust. As part of pre‑employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating an inclusive, fair, and supportive workplace for all. We actively welcome applications from individuals who are under‑represented within our workforce and are dedicated to eliminating discrimination in all its forms.

As a Disability Confident (Two Ticks) employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role and are committed to making reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

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